Ibrahimovic ‘faces Euro 2021 ban’, Arsenal legends ‘join Spotify owner’s takeover bid’, John Stones EXCLUSIVE

TUCH N GO

Thomas Tuchel has urged fans to forget the Super League saga and cheer Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

He said: “We all make mistakes and if you lead a club and own a club you can make decisions that not everybody understands and not everybody likes.

“This is part of life but it does not change the love for the game.

“So put your anger to this decision and the way it was presented to one side.

“Don’t put it on the team and never doubt the love that all the people at the training-ground level have for this game.

“I can just tell everybody that I love this game so much, like everybody in the dressing room — the boys are so happy out on the pitch, so excited about this semi-final.

“We need all support to enable us to overcome this huge step in these two games.”

ROLLING STONES

Exclusive by Dan Cutts: John Stones is in advanced talks with Manchester City over a new five-year contract worth up to £39million.

It was understood he was close to being axed last year, but his return to fitness and form have seen him become a regular Man City starter.

And Stones is set to be rewarded with new £150,000-a-week terms, with his contract having just one year left from the summer.

He will also be handed a number of incentives and bonuses for trophies, appearances and clean sheets.

Guardiola wanted the 26-year-old to re-focus on his football before tying him down to another deal.

HAZARD WARNING

Eden Hazard is poised for an emotional reunion to Chelsea when he hopes to boot his old mates out of the Champions League.

The artful midfielder spent seven years at the club before switching to Real Madrid for £150million in June 2019.

Hazard has been dogged by injuries at the Spanish giants but is fit again from a calf strain — and he is pumped up to play against Chelsea.

Real defender Raphael Varane, 28, said: “He is quite motivated to play a Champions League semi-final.

“He is a motivated footballer and if you play against your former club, that is an extra motivation in the club and the team we are facing.

“We know the quality they have and he wants to prove his on the pitch to help the team.”

LEICESTER 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 1

Kelechi Iheanacho thumped in a stunning solo goal to fire Leicester City another step closer to Champions League qualification.

The in-form Nigerian No14 took his tally to 14 goals in his last 14 games in emphatic fashion ten minutes from time to seal all three points against Crystal Palace.

MAN ALIVE

Manchester City’s supposed away colours for next season have been leaked online.

And the design is strikingly similar to the controversial European Super League’s colour scheme.

£MIRAT£$ RICH LIST

Mesut Ozil is still Arsenal’s second highest player despite leaving in the January transfer window.

The 32-year-old left the Emirates earlier this year and moved to Fenerbahce.

But the Gunners agreed to pay 90 per cent of his £350,000-a-week deal until it ends this summer, reports say.

And that means – incredibly – that Ozil is still Arsenal’s second highest paid player.

VA VA VOOM

Manchester United have joined Arsenal in the race to sign Abdallah Sima, according to reports.

The Slavia Prague ace has impressed for the Czech side in the Europa League this season.

Impressive forward Sima, 19, has drawn comparisons with Thierry Henry with his livewire performances.

And he fits in to Man United’s current recruitment policy.

According to the MEN, the Red Devils are ‘monitoring’ Sima’s progress ahead of a potential summer move.

PERFECT TEN

Erik ten Hag has reportedly ‘moved up’ Tottenham’s list of managerial targets, amid the news that Julian Nagelsmann has ‘agreed’ to join Bayern Munich.

Brendan Rodgers remains top choice to replace Jose Mourinho at Spurs, as SunSport told you yesterday.

But with the Leicester boss likely to be very difficult to prise from the King Power, the North Londoners are considering other targets.

And among them, according to The Telegraph, is highly-rated Ajax boss Ten Hag.

BOY OH BOY

Two social media giants are ignoring the planned boycott of their sites by football – and refusing to change their policies on trolls and racists.

Prem players, managers, clubs and officials will join with the FA, EFL and the women’s game in a three-day social media blackout from Friday afternoon.

The game is uniting to urge the social media companies to act against online hate.

But Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it was sticking with its existing rules rather than acting to introduce new safeguards.

That was despite another weekend of unacceptable social media postings, which saw Manchester City and England full-back Kyle Walker targeted for racial abuse.

JUR FURIOUS

Ilkay Gundogan revealed a raging Jurgen Klopp once shouted ‘do whatever the f*** you want’ at him in an explosive Borussia Dortmund training ground row.

Writing for The Players’ Tribune, Gundogan said: “I once managed to make Jurgen Klopp angry. Like, really angry. It was in my second season at Dortmund. We were trailing in the Bundesliga, but we had a shot at the Champions League.

“An hour before training, just to be sure, I asked the doctor to take a look at my hamstring.

“Jurgen came in and he was not happy. I was trying to find a way out of it, even though I knew I was wrong. Jurgen kept saying that we couldn’t take any risks. I kept saying that I could train.

“And then he snapped. You know when…