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Manchester United players are reportedly avoiding passing to Rasmus Hojlund because of a crisis in confidence in him - and Mail Sport can reveal who is passing to him less than before. His team-mates are unconvinced by him and one explained that some are looking for other options when they get in the final third.

Two years ago, Joselu was in Paris with his father to watch Real Madrid win the Champions League as a fan. In a reminder of how football powers dreams, this time he'll be playing in the final having steered his beloved club to Wembley. When Joselu popped up in the 88th and 91st minutes to enact a staggering late comeback on Wednesday night, Premier League fans may have rubbed their eyes in disbelief. Yes, this was the same player who had a very limited impact in short spells at Stoke City and Newcastle United.

I've always supported Arsenal, but developed a strong affinity for Coventry in the late 1980s, when I played Midlands club cricket alongside former City keeper Steve Ogrizovic.

The Premier League is considered the greatest division in the world and for good reason, but one the most impressive things about the English top-tier is the level of diversity.  Some 126 nations from around the world have been represented at one point during the 31 years that the league has been running, showcasing some of the best talent the game has to offer.  This season alone, there are 63 nations represented in the Premier League aside from England, with France leading the way with 31 players while the likes of Estonia and Gabon have just one representative in 2023-24. 

Matches have been so bonkers that it would be impossible to recall where you were when the craziness began to unfold for our viewing pleasure. Manchester United's snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on Thursday, allowing Chelsea's Cole Palmer to score twice in the dying seconds of stoppage time. Mail Sport gathered our top maddest games from the Premier League's recent return to action.

IN CARDIFF, IAN HERBERT. Rob Page was incredibly upbeat in the face of defeat, as usual. 'All's fine.' Everything's great,' he said of his friendship with some of his Wales FA bosses, who less than six months ago, said his deal will be reviewed if the country did not qualify for the European Championships automatically. Following the shootout loss to Poland, the country hasn't qualified for the European Championships at all. And though Page painted a picture of himself as a central character in the forthcoming sequel, he has some troubling questions to answer about his game's administration today.

Robinho, a player who for several years was the dictionary term for 'wasted potential,' was sentenced to nine years in a historic decision released on Wednesday by Brazil's Superior Court of Justice, who was found guilty of gang rape. The decision brought an almost seven-year hearing of appeals and avoiding extradition since his first sentencing by an Italian court came to an end. The ex-player, who was once dubbed 'the next Pele' by the great man himself, is expected to spend almost a decade in prison, 11 years after the initial murder took place. Robson De Souza, the former Premier League player, was one of six men found guilty of assaulting an Albanian woman in an Italian nightclub in January 2013, while on the books at AC Milan.

CHRIS WHEELER: Old Trafford has seen some classic games in recent times, and Manchester United's dramatic FA Cup quarter-final victory over Liverpool on Sunday was up there with the best of them. United's cameback to defeat their bitter rivals 4-3, with a 121st-minute goal from Amad Diallo, who was running late in normal time and again in extra-time. I was screaming and I couldn't hear my voice, so you get a sense of what the noise was like for us on the pitch,' said captain Bruno Fernandes afterwards.'

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY CHRIS WHEELER: The laughter echos across Kyrgyzstan as Andrei Kanchelskis recalls one of his earliest encounters with Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United as he recalls one of his first encounters with him at Manchester United. 'Good morning Andrei, how's it going?' Ferguson erupted as he passed by his new Soviet sign in a corridor at The Cliff training ground in March 1991. 'F**k off, you Scottish b*****d!' Well, came the reply.

OLIVER HOLT: It is likely that the focus of a strong Premier League campaign has shifted away, temporarily, from Erling Haaland, the Manchester City striker who smashed his way into English football last season like a Terminator who has fallen to Earth. Other strikers, bulldozing, big front men who awe with their physical appearance as well as their ability, who seem to be a time before false 9s were in fashion, are seizing the spotlight and giving their teams the energy to propel their teams forward. Darwin Nunez, a cult figure at Liverpool, was the protagonist of his team's victory over Brentford in west London on Saturday, who captured the imagination with a brilliant, audacious chip that opened the scoring.

GRAHAM STUART: Simplicity is genius, and the Everton kit was clean and classy, no experimental designs were used. I loved it. With white letters against a navy background, even the name of our sponsors NEC seemed to be offbeat. They also ran the FA Cup final 1995 over Manchester United's showpiece date against Manchester United, which was a step above our club's crest on the top left. It was a nice touch and gave us a sense of occasion.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY HENRY CLARK: Graham Alexander knows that chances to win silverware at this level don't come around often, so he's determined to make the most of Bradford's appearance in the last 16 of the Bristol Street Motors Trophy. We've always taken the EFL Trophy seriously where we've worked, and we've had some good runs in it,' Alexander, who was appointed Bantams boss last November following Mark Hughes' departure last November. "I think it's a fantastic competition for the League One and Two teams.' There aren't many chances to win trophies and play on the biggest stage at this level. So if you get a chance like this, I believe you should consider it seriously.'

One Manchester United player has been slammed for his work off the field, as Mark Hughes has slammed one. Hughes, 60, was a fan of Old Trafford after he had a prolific six-year absence from the club, where he scored 116 goals in 352 appearances and claimed many trophies. After retirement, the Welshman moved into teaching and has worked with Man City, Blackburn, Stoke, and Bradford before being dismissed by the League Two side in October.

Mulletfest, which took place west of Newcastle in the Hunter Valley, attracted hundreds of participants and followers from around the country on Saturday to see who would be crowned 2023's mullet champion. With 13 separate categories including best vintage, extreme, everyday, grubby, and "Ranga" (ginger hair), the competition was fierce to win a coveted award and become a part of mullet history.

Since the little boy died of neuroblastoma at age six in 2017, the Bradley Lowery Foundation has raised £20,000 for childhood cancer. Dale Houghton, 32, a Sheffield Wednesday fan who held up a photograph of Bradley during a match while joking in an attempt to goad Sunderland supporters, was banned by the academy. Following Houghton's behavior, the newspaper said, "there are certain things you should not worry about" after his conviction was suspended for 18 months at Sheffield Magistrates Court. The judge knows what they're doing,' Lynn Murphy, the charity's chief operating officer, said. On social media, a lot of backlash was generated, some of which was unnecessary.'

A Sheffield Wednesday fan who mocked the death of young mascot Bradley Lowery during a match against Sunderland was suspended. At Sheffield Magistrates Court, Dale Houghton was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for the first 18 months. Bradley, who died of neuroblastoma in 2017, was mocked by the football yob for holding up a portrait of him while joking about going to goad Sunderland supporters.

Charlton won by 2-1 over Portugal at Wembley Stadium in front of 94,000 spectators. With a 4-2 victory over West Germany in the final, England secured the tournament and their first World Cup to date. The shirt was sold by Hansons Auctioneers, who were based in Derbyshire, and had a starting guide price of £50,000-£80,000.

After just 19 months as Bradford's manager, Mark Hughes has been fired. In February last year, the former Wales, Blackburn, Manchester United City, Fulham, QPR, Stoke, and Southampton manager was widely regarded as a big departure for the League Two Bantams.

IAN LADYMAN: When Manchester City's owners in Abu Dhabi first became the country's richest football club, they discovered themselves on the front and back of a tabloid newspaper on the same day. They were laughing on the front page for some financial problem, and on the back page they were mocked for predicting that every famous footballer on the planet would be bought,' a source heavily involved at the time.'

Mark Hughes will return to Wrexham later this month with memories of scoring one of the best international goals ever on the same exact pitch. Hughes, who grew up in Ruabon, a village six miles away from Wrexham's ground, will play for Bradford City in the second round of the Carabao Cup. He grew up watching Wrexham on the old Kop terrace, now demolished, and worted himself into Wrexham and Welsh football history in 1985, when he scored a spectacular volley against Spain in a World Cup qualifier.

The Canberra Raiders have broken club tradition for a good cause, allowing a player from a rival team to blow the famous viking horn ahead of their clash against the Gold Coast Titans today

Notts County's return to the Football League begins with a trip to Sutton United, while two promotion favorites lock horns at Edgeley Park as Stockport County hosts Gillingham. Notts County put on an epic struggle for promotion with Wrexham last season, barely missing out on a spot in League Two after a dramatic penalty shootout victory in the play-off final. Wrexham are relegated in mediocre fashion from League One, but they appear to be re-tooling under new boss Graham Alexander.

LEWIS STEELE AT BRUNTON PARK: There is a flag at Brunton Park with a cartoon of boss Paul Simpson balancing the League Two trophy on his head, which reads: "Simmo is our king." Simpson is just one game away from ending a thrilling repeat after Carlisle overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Bradford and book their spot at Wembley next Sunday. The drama of the play-offs has simply been unrivalled this season. Despite a relatively dry 90 minutes, Brad Halliday's early goal tied the match, and both teams scored in a crucial extra-time period before Ben Barclay's 112nd-minute winner.

ROOSS HEPPENSTALL: Before last night's raucous outrage, Mark Hughes had never been to the play-offs in his long, distinguished career. After his Bradford City team and Carlisle United struggled out a blood and thunder League play-off semi-final, first leg at Valley Parade, watched by 20,575. The Bantams a vital advantage over Brunton Park on Saturday, with a spot at Wembley up for grabs after Jamie Walker's 18th-minute strike gave the Bantams a crucial edge.