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  1. 'Absolutely massive' games loom in relegation scrappublished at 10:50 GMT 26 March

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    The BBC's 72+ EFL podcast team have taken a look at the Championship relegation picture, with some huge games in store at the end of the international break.

    Easter Monday (6 April) sees Blackburn and West Brom face-off, level on points just above the drop zone, just hours after second-bottom Oxford United head to Portsmouth.

    Third-bottom Leicester will also head to Portsmouth and Blackburn during the run-in.

    Former Watford and Reading winger Jobi McAnuff said: "We know Easter weekend is absolutely pivotal and that Portsmouth v Oxford game is looming large, though they both have another game first (on Good Friday).

    "It could genuinely could come down to those matches against the teams in and around you. They are absolutely massive.

    "Portsmouth are, at the moment, the team I'd be a little bit concerned about in terms of their current form.

    "You take it game by game, of course, but that is 100% one everyone in the squad is looking at going 'we need to win that game - if we are going to stay up that is a must win.'

    "This two weeks now for Portsmouth is going to be the longest because it's doom and gloom - (losing) 6-1 against a team on their holidays in QPR (in their final game before the break)."

    McAnuff also hailed the impact of interim West Brom boss James Morrison, who has taken eight points from his five games at the helm after replacing Eric Ramsey, winning the past two and only being denied three straight wins by a last-gasp leveller against Southampton.

    "The big thing about those games - clean sheets," McAnuff said. "When you are in a battle, being hard to beat is the fundamental thing.

    "They were really close against Southampton and got pegged back right in the last couple of minutes. It could have been a killer blow.

    "To come back from that and now find those couple of wins, they'll have gone into this break absolutely bouncing. The confidence, that feeling back in the dressing room, is absolutely massive at this stage.

    "Massive credit to James Morrison because there were a few eyebrows raised. He knows the club inside out and sometimes that's what it takes.

    "At the moment he's had a really positive upturn."

  2. El Khannouss to make Stuttgart move permanentpublished at 15:41 GMT 25 March

    Bilal El Khannous wearing Morocco's white shirt with green trim and a red Puma logo during the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match with Cameroon at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on 9 January 2025Image source, Getty Images

    Leicester City attacking midfielder Bilal El Khannouss will make his loan move to Stuttgart permanent in the summer.

    The 21-year-old joined the Bundesliga side in September on an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy.

    Stuttgart's sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth has confirmed "all the conditions have now been met" to complete the transfer for the Morocco international.

    "We are delighted that we have secured Bilal's permanent commitment to VfB Stuttgart," he told German news outlet Bild, external.

    El Khannouss signed for the Foxes from Belgian side Genk for £21m in August 2024 and scored three goals in 39 appearances in all competitions last season but was unable to help them avoid relegation from the Premier League.

    He has scored eight goals and registered six assists this season for Stuttgart, who are third in the German top flight and reached the Europa League last 16 before going out to Porto.

    El Khannouss was also part of the Morocco side retrospectively declared winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after their 1-0 loss in the final to Senegal in January was overturned earlier this month.