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Chelsea consider late bid for Crystal Palace Zaha

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Chelsea have again shown their interest in signing Crystal Palace forward, Wilfried Zaha as they are unrelenting in reinforcing their attack before the end of the summer transfer window.

Thomas Tuchel, whose 10-man side beat Leicester 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, is still looking deep to find a natural striker to step in following the departures of Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner to Inter Milan and RB Leipzig respectively.

The latest news, however, from Daily Mail disclosed that the Blues are targeting the Ivorian international.

Reports say Palace have so far been hugely resistant to any attempt for Zaha, making them set a price over £80 million but they might not have enough influence on him as he only has a year left on his contract.
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Chelsea had also been looking at the possibility of signing Barcelona’s striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Cristiano Ronaldo is not to be ruled yet to moving to the West London club as reports reveal that his agent, Jorge Mendes is still in talks with the club despite Tuchel’s reluctance.

The idea of Chelsea looking in Zaha’s direction is to make them look formidable in the attacking football if they are serious about contending for titles this season.

Zaha has been intent on a big-six club for some time, and he may embrace Chelsea’s offer if the deal is good.

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2024 WAFCON qualifier: Super Falcons arrive Praia for Cape Verde clash

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Ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations qualifier, Nigeria’s Super Falcons have landed in Praia for the game.

The Nigerian side dominated and won the first leg 5-0 at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Thursday and the result gave them hope to scaling the hurdle to the competition.

Super Falcons departed the shore of the country on Saturday and safely arrived at the Praia, the capital city of Cape Verde in the early hours of Sunday.

Falcons are willing to qualify and do better in the competition next year after they finished in the 4th position in the last edition that was held in Morocco.

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The game against the Blue Shark of Cape Verde is scheduled to take place on Tuesday with the winner over the two legs reaching the competition slated for Morocco.

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Osimhen won’t renew Napoli contract

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Nigeria international Victor Osimhen’s departure from Napoli is almost looking certain after Italian football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano said the striker was unlikely to renew his contract with the Italian champions,

Osimhen has been linked with several European clubs with English Premier League duo, Chelsea and Arsenal, leading the race for the Nigerians.

Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, had on several occasions said that the club’s most prized asset would not be sold this summer even if their valuation of €200m was met.

“Osimhen will stay here. He won’t leave,” he told Sky in August.

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Super Eagles drop two places in latest FIFA rankings

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped by two spots in the latest FIFA ranking to place 42nd in the world.

In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, on Thursday, the Eagles dropped 16.04 points to rank 1474.44 points as against 1490.48 in October.

However, the drop did not affect the team’s placement on the continent, as it still remained the 6th team on the continent, behind Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, respectively.

The drop in ranking comes after the Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw in their two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho on Nov. 16 and Zimbabwe on Nov. 19.

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Although Argentina (1st) still leads the way ahead of France (2nd), England (3rd, up 1) is now in the trio of teams at the front of the pack, followed by Belgium (4th, up 1), who have also climbed one place.

Although Brazil (5th, down 2) have lost ground following back-to-back defeats by Colombia and Argentina, they have clung on to their place in the top 5.

The Netherlands (6th, up 1) and Portugal (7th, down 1) have traded places in the top 10, which is once again completed by Spain (8th), Italy (9th) and Croatia (10th).

Uruguay (11th, up 4) have made solid progress, but they have to be content with a place just outside the top 10.

The Comoros Islands (119th, up 9), meanwhile, enjoyed an even better month with wins against the Central African Republic and Ghana, and have two reasons to celebrate as they are now in 119th place, their highest-ever position.

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Kosovo (101st, up 4) may not have climbed as many positions as the Comorans, but the Kosovans are also now higher in the ranking than ever before.

Guinea-Bissau (103rd, up 7), Azerbaijan (114th, up 6), Libya (120th, up 6), Malaysia (130th, up 7) and Rwanda (133rd, up 7) are the other big movers in the November ranking.

The ranking also had the re-entry of Samoa (187th), American Samoa (188th) and Tonga (196th), who were all playing international football again following months of inactivity.

The ranking took into consideration FIFA World Cup qualifiers that took place in African countries as well as in Asia and South America.

The other confederations’ schedules considered included UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying matches, Concacaf Nations League 2023-24 encounters and the Pacific Games 2023.

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These matches all had a significant effect on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, including on the make-up of the podium.

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