There’s a story – unsubstantiated – that a woman may have introduced football to Brazil.

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have all but tied up the Premier League title and with a League Cup already in their possession, they are moving in on a glittering treble.

Women’s football fans across the country are in for a treat if Chelsea and Manchester City end up going head-to-head in the semi-finals of the SSE Women’s FA Cup, according to England legend Sue Smith.

It’s the biggest fixture in English football and the 200th meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool.

This summer, Belgium and Brazil are two of the front runners to lift the FIFA World Cup in Russia – but before then two players who will be vying for a place as the main centre-forward in each team come face-to-face on opposite sides.

When goal-line technology was first introduced at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil, it was happy days for football. But the trial of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) hasn’t proved as successful.

This season is likely to be Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s last in the colours of Manchester United.

City’s dream of a quadruple came to an abrupt end at Wigan on Monday night while the Gunners go into the fixture having also lost in midweek, to Swedish team Ostersund in the second leg of their last 16 Europa League tie.

Wigan Athletic beat Man City in the 2013 FA Cup Final, but both teams have gone their opposite ways since. MM looks at the journey of the two Greater Manchester clubs over the past four-and-a-half years ahead of Monday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash.

Vincent Kompany has played down talk of a quadruple as Manchester City face FC Basel in the Champions League last 16 tonight, the Swiss side with previous for upsetting other illustrious visitors.

The biggest deal of the window came when Barcelona’s forked out £142m to capture the Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho – the second most expensive transfer ever and the biggest deal to go through in a January window.