LEICESTER City are expected to hand manager Nigel Pearson and up to 10 players new contracts - as a reward for their promotion-winning campaign.
Pearson and several key first-teamers' contracts are up in the summer but the Foxes are keen to tie down the likes of Kasper Schmeichal, David Nugent and captain Wes Morgan to new deals.
Jamie Vardy, Danny Drinkwater and Anthony Knockaert are among the others who will be offered the chance to extend their contracts, as City enter the top flight for the first time in a decade.
Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has spoken of his "regret" at not snapping up Bournemouth hotshot Lewis Grabban.
Grabban, 26, scored his 20th goal of the season at the weekend, as the Cherries defeated the promotion-chasing Londoners 2-1 at Dean Court.
Redknapp said: "He's done well, we should have snapped him up when Brighton were interested, because he had a buyout clause."
THE long-running saga of Massimo Cellino's attempted takeover of Leeds United has taken a new twist - with a new bid set to be launched this week.
Alongside the 75% stake in the club Cellino wants to purchase for £35m, are rumours of a new Italian workforce, with both Gianfranco Zola and Paolo Di Canio rumoured to take Brian McDermott's post.
Last week, an independent QC turned over the Football League's decision that Cellino was "not a fit owner" for the club.
DERBY County's potential play-off rivals Wigan Athletic are keeping their feet on the ground, says boss Uwe Rosler.
With a crucial game against Millwall on Tuesday night and a Wembley FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal on Saturday, Rosler said: "Three points are the important thing, we have shown we can grind out results and that is important.
"We need to play the possession game we are capable of and work towards cementing our place in the play-offs."
The former Man City striker has transformed the Latics' season since taking over from Owen Coyle in December, guiding them to the brink of the play-offs and beating his old club at the Etihad Stadium during their FA Cup run.
ANOTHER side gunning for the play-offs, Ipswich Town, hope to have their top scorer David McGoldrick back should they make the top six.
Ex-Forest man McGoldrick has hit 16 goals this season, despite injuring knee ligaments in February.
Manager Mick McCarthy said: "He's a couple of weeks in front, to the point where he might be fit for the end of the season."
