Key events
Hereâs how Liverpool and West Ham eased into the quarter-finals of the Europa League last night. And also how Rangers didnât.
Oh, and letâs not forget how Villa walloped Jordan Hendersonâs Ajax in that thingy West Ham won last season.
Back to domestic matters and hereâs what you should have your beady eyes on over the next couple of days.
Beady Eye â whatever happened to them? Anyway, hereâs the lead singer dedicating a song to Jack Grealish in Birmingham last night.
Europa League draw:
And coming up at midday, the âeveryone wants to avoid Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusenâ draw. Klopp v Alonso is surely best saved for the final but it could happen in the last eight. Hereâs whoâs left: three from Italy, two from England and one each from Portugal, Germany and France.
Atalanta
Benfica
Leverkusen
Liverpool
Marseille
Milan
Roma
West Ham
Champions League draw:
These are the eight teams still battling for glory. And, yep, itâs an open draw. No country protection means we could have Arsenal v Man City, Real Madrid v Barcelona and Bayern v Dortmund in the last eight. Imagine that! Weâll also get the semi-final match-ups drawn out too.
Arsenal
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City
Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid
Preamble
Good morning! Itâs a big one. Not only the Ides of March but also the day of quarter-final draws in the Champions League and Europa League.
Adding to those draws which begin at 11am, weâll be looking ahead to quarter-final weekend in the FA Cup and building up to a somewhat reduced Premier League programme: as on-the-ball fantasy managers know, there are just four games.
Righty, letâs get this thing started.