• Chelsea are planning to offer Andreas Christensen a new contract following the defender’s superb run of form under head coach Thomas Tuchel.
• Controversy around Nike’s ‘super shoe’ technology looks set to grow after a new long jump prototype helped two athletes set personal bests at the European Indoor Championships this weekend.

• Wigan are set to be taken over by Bahraini-funded group Phoenix 2021 – and backed by solid Middle East cash.
• Arsenal have reportedly offered a new contract to starlet Kido Taylor-Hart as they look to fend off interest from abroad.
• Blackburn are ready to go foreign if they decide to dump Tony Mowbray as boss.
• Brighton are set to join the auction for Blackburn striker Adam Armstrong – and give West Ham a run for their money.
• Chelsea midfielder Luke McCormick may have played his way into a move to Millwall.
• Leeds have a surprise new celebrity fan – in the shape of rapper LL Cool J.

• Liverpool have a four-man transfer shortlist to replace their misfiring top three ahead of the summer transfer window.
• UFC star Conor McGregor is set to walk away with a share of £110m after selling part of his lucrative whiskey brand.

• Manchester United are set to make Raphinha a top transfer target this summer.
• Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane will be sold in the summer transfer window if he does not commit to fresh terms in the Spanish capital.
• Former Manchester City and England defender Joleon Lescott believes that Tammy Abraham could leave Chelsea at the end of the season amid a lack of game time under new boss Thomas Tuchel.

• Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has urged Ollie Watkins and Ezri Konsa to aim for England call-ups after shining in Premier League.
• Chelsea right-back Reece James insists he has no complaints over missing games amid Thomas Tuchel’s squad rotation.
• Manchester United have axed US company Toppan Merrill who published their financial results a day early during a test run.
• West Ham have struck while the Irons are hot by becoming the first Premier League club to sell season tickets.
• A number of users on Football Index, a virtual gambling platform, have lost ‘life-altering’ amounts of money, ranging in the thousands, after jaw-dropping share price crashes on the site.
• On Monday’s International Women’s Day, UK Coaching is calling for more women to enter coaching.
• Liverpool should cash in on Mohamed Salah if he wants to leave Anfield, according to ex-striker Robbie Fowler.

• Ryan Christie claimed every Celtic player was hurting badly as their ten-in-a-row campaign petered out in a goalless draw against Dundee United.

• Celtic interim boss John Kennedy brushed off talk of a Rangers guard of honour following the Hoops’ draw with Dundee United.

• Celtic loanee Olivier Ntcham was hooked at half-time as Marseille were humiliated by fourth-tier Canet Roussillon in the French cup.

Source: skysport