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Chelsea legends John Terry and Ashley Cole face an NFT legal storm as Premier League seek lawyers' advice over the use of their trophy in baby ape cartoons the ex-England captain has plastered over his social media pages

Chelsea legends John Terry and Ashley Cole are facing an Non-fungible token (NFT) legal storm with the Premier League taking legal advice after their trophy was used is digital assets promoted by the former team-mates.

An NFT is a non-interchangeable unique unit of data that is tracked on a blockchain to provie it's authenticity. These collectable units of data can be sold for large sums of money and can represent anything online.

This latest craze in the cryptocurrency world has seen footballers past and present jump on the bandwagon, allowing them to make money from digital creations.