TOM FARMERY AT GRIFFIN PARK: Maupay didn't feature in pre-season and his imminent £20million move to Brighton meant the 22-year-old was nowhere to be seen on Saturday.

Jota insists Aston Villa are a big club as they look to fix their wretched home record. Villa have won just 22 of their previous 95 home Premier League games over the last five seasons.

Bez Lubala at Crawley Town is drawing attention from Championship and Premier League scouts after his impressive start to the season.

Birmingham have been fined £42,500 after a supporter ran on to the pitch and punched Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish during the derby match at St Andrew's in March.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND HARRY SLAVIN: Former Wales winger David Cotterill is yet to apply for charitable status for the foundation that carries his name, Sportsmail can reveal.

Our scout is a top football expert searching for the next star. This week they give Sportsmail the low-down on Birmingham City star JUDE BELLINGHAM.

ADAM LANIGAN AT ELLAND ROAD: Leeds United celebrated turning 100 years old in a fitting manner by moving back into the Championship's automatic promotion spots.

TIM NASH AT ST ANDREWS: Charlie Austin was the hero as he bagged a brace to help West Brom beat Birmingham City and return them to the top of the Championship.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been stepping up his pursuit of Erling Haaland in recent weeks, and it appears he may not be the only young talent on Manchester United's radar.

Manchester United are monitoring Birmingham City starlet Jude Bellingham as assistant manager has been sent to Mike Phelan cast his eye over the talented 16-year-old.

The magic of the FA Cup continues on Saturday through to Monday when the third-round ties take place. Sportsmail takes a look at the youngsters who could possibly catch the eye.

The 16-year-old starlet has already attracted interest from a horde of suitors after breaking into the Championship club's first-team, according to The Mirror.

The 16-year-old midfielder has looked right at home in the Blues first team this season and has made regular appearances in the Championship. Several leading clubs are in the race to sign him.

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: Joe Gomez was asked by the Football Association if he wanted to report Raheem Sterling to the police following their infamous clash last November.

The youngster has made 24 appearances in all competitions for the Championship outfit so far this season, and is believed to have caught the eye of the Old Trafford hierarchy.

Women's teams at three of the Premier League's wealthiest clubs are being denied the use of top facilities used by the men's sides, a Sportsmail investigation has found.

Whenever 16-year-old Jude Bellingham was bulldozed off the ball by a man in a Coventry shirt, a certain tragicomedy involving Michael Owen and Neville Southall came to mind.

Manchester United's pursuit for Birmingham City's Jude Bellingham has failed with the latter 'rejecting a £20million offer' for the highly-rated midfielder.

Manchester United have been joined in the race for Birmingham City starlet Jude Bellingham's signature by rivals Manchester City.

Chelsea are willing to pull out all the stops to sign the teenager and will table a mammoth bid of £35m plus £15m in add-ons to secure his services, according to The Sun.

Odion Ighalo is likely to make his Manchester United debut when they play Chelsea on Monday and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be hoping the striker makes as much impact as these loan stars.

Birmingham wonderkid Bellingham 'will become Dortmund's record signing this summer' after the German club saw off competition from Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea.

Birmingham City manager Pep Clotet has urged Jude Bellingham to remain focused despite transfer interest from Manchester United. He was driven into Carrington by his parents on Monday.

Jude Bellingham's former youth coach believes Manchester United would be a good fit for the Birmingham teenager who looks set for a big-money move this summer.

According to Bild, the move would likely have been completed sooner if not for the coronavirus outbreak but Dortmund remain confident of landing the talented 16-year-old.

The Bundesliga club were competing with Manchester United to sign Bellingham, who does not turn 17 until June 29, at the end of the season, and were confident of winning the race.

North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system today, seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States.

The Coast Guard says the short-range projectiles did not reach Japanese waters or the  Exclusive Economic Zone.

The North Korean leader is reported to have personally overseen the test of the ballistic missiles. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos of the test, Sunday.

Images of the Sinpo South Shipyard suggest circumstantial evidence of the construction of a new ballistic missile submarine, according to the report on Wednesday.

North Korean despot Kim Jong Un has blasted his own officials as 'helpless' as he 'urgently convened' a disaster prevention meeting about oncoming Typhoon Lingling.

Siti Aisyah (pictured) gives an interview that proves the truth is stranger than fiction. Remorseful but angry, Siti describes how it feels to have been so ruthlessly exploited.

John Bolton ripped apart Donald Trump's efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula as ineffective, claiming it will get worse with time. 'North Korea isn't our friend and never will be,' Bolton said.

A world first in 1988. the Four Seasons Barrier Reef, was decked out with 200 rooms, a nightclub, bars, a tennis court and was anchored around 40 miles off the coast of Australia.

Kim Jong-un turned up the heat on South Korea on Friday as he visited a newly-built spa in the North, while calling for a meeting with Seoul about tearing down a jointly-built resort, calling it 'shabby'.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US has indefinitely postponed a joint military exercise with South Korea in an 'act of goodwill' toward North Korea at a press conference on Sunday.

The North Korean leader was photographed at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Samjiyon on Monday, as festivities were held to celebrate the opening of the city.

US special representative Stephen Biegun told reporters in Seoul that the US had heard the North's 'hostile, negative and unnecessary' demands but would not work to the arbitrary deadline.

'What I would expect is some type of long-range ballistic missile would be the gift.' USAF General Charles Brown said on Tuesday at a defense writers' breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Kim Jong Un has been seen in public for the first time since the death of Qassem Soleimani, following rumours he had gone into hiding after the US drone strike.

On Sunday, state media showed Kim Kyong Hui (right) sitting near Kim Jong-Un at a performance celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang.

The official had been placed in isolation after travelling to China with Kim Jong-un (pictured) imposing military law to enforce the lockdown, South Korean media said.

Kim Jong-un visited Pyongyang's Palace of the Sun on Saturday as he commemorated father Kim Jong-il's birthday, the first time the dictator has been seen in public since January 25.

Donald Trump began his Las Vegas rally by parading 14 of the Miracle on Ice 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey team on stage on the eve of the 40th anniversary of their shocking win.

Presidential 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders said he would use military force if warranted, both to protect US interests and to support its allies. He also said he would use force if China attacked Taiwan.

A power vacuum left by the dictator could explode into an ugly civil war in the North Korea, which would spark 'humanitarian suffering' and a wave of refugees fleeing the violence.

Lindsey Graham has frequently commented on the regime in the US media and, last year, was reported by CNN to be a powerful foreign policy adviser for the Trump administration.

South Korea's foreign policy adviser Chung-in Moon said his country's government position is firmly that the despot is not dead.

President Donald Trump said Monday he 'can't talk about' what he knows about the condition of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but wished Kim well.

The despot cut the ribbon (pictured) at the opening of a fertiliser factory in Sunchon, state media reported, and released pictures supposedly showing the event.