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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a £55m deal with Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund. The 28-year-old has joined us from Borussia Dortmund on a long-term contract for a club-record fee. Our second signing of the January transfer window, Auba is one of the world’s most highly-rated strikers. He scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga games for Dortmund and had a hand in 172 goals in 213 matches in all competitions for his former club. That works out at an average of 96 minutes per goal or assist. READ: Borussia Dortmund agree loan deal for Michy Batshuayi Auba is the Gabon captain and…

Borussia Dortmund have agreed a deal to sign Chelsea forward Michy Batshuayi on loan for the rest of the season, subject to a medical. The deal could hasten Arsenal’s signing of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who Dortmund have said they will only sell if a replacement is found. Chelsea could sign Olivier Giroud from the Gunners as a replacement for Batshuayi to complete a three-way deal. The German transfer window closes at 17:00 GMT on Wednesday. Belgium international Batshuayi has made 32 league appearances for Chelsea since joining the club from Marseille in July 2016, scoring seven goals. READ: Roma in…

A Spanish village declared a day of mourning on Tuesday following the death of Francisco Nunez Olivera, a retired farmer billed as “the world’s oldest man”. He passed away just over a month after turning 113. Olivera, who was 10 years old when World War I broke out, died on Monday in the village of Bienvenida in southwestern Spain where he had lived throughout his life, village mayor Antonio Carmona told AFP. “It’s a very cold day and most of all a very sad day,” Carmona said. Born on December 13, 1904, relatives credited Nunez Olivera’s long life to a…

Roma have been in contact with Manchester United regarding 27-year-old Netherlands defender Daley Blind. (Mirror) Manchester City will have to pay £70m to sign Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez, 26. (Daily Star) Serie A leaders Napoli have opened talks with Everton in an attempt to sign Dutch midfielder Davy Klaassen, 24, on loan until the end of the season. (Liverpool Echo) Everton are close to signing defender Eliaquim Mangala on loan from Manchester City.(Sky Sports) Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has held crisis talks with owner Mike Ashley and remains “hopeful” of making a signing before the transfer window shuts. (Mirror)…

Lawyer to Cameroonian separatists claimed on Tuesday that Nigeria could have made some errors in deporting two naturalised Nigerians and an American to Cameroon last weekend. The trio were among the 47 Cameroonian separatists deported to Cameroon on Friday, said Abdul Oroh, a human rights activist and former member of the House of Representatives. The Nigerians are citizens by naturalisation, he said. They are Dr. Ojong Okongho, a businessman and Mrs. Nalowa Bih, a lawyer, according to a letter by Oroh on Tuesday to United States Embassy, the British High Commission, United Nations Human Rights Council and others. The American…

Liverpool shored up their place in the top four by putting successive defeats behind them with a comfortable win over Huddersfield. Emre Can’s deflected long-range effort found the bottom corner to put the Reds ahead midway through the first half, after the hosts’ Laurent Depoitre had missed the best early chance. Roberto Firmino threaded a finish between goalkeeper Jonas Lossl and his near post for a second just before the break. Mohamed Salah took over penalty-taking duties after Firmino’s missed effort in the FA Cup defeat by West Brom and put the outcome beyond doubt after Philip Billing’s foul on…

Chelsea have signed defender Emerson Palmieri from Serie A side Roma for a reported £17.6m. The Brazil-born 23-year-old has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Premier League club. After playing 36 times for Roma last year he missed the first three months of this season with a knee injury which has limited him to two appearances. “Today I am realising one of my dreams to pull on the shirt of such a great club,” he said. “English football is something I have been watching since I was 15 years old. It is a really beautiful game over here.” Described as…

Swansea City moved out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time since the start of November thanks to a shock victory over Arsenal. A horrendous error from goalkeeper Petr Cech allowed Jordan Ayew to score a tap-in which put the hosts ahead just after the hour mark, before Sam Clucas’ second goal made the result safe. Mesut Ozil’s sensational pass had allowed Nacho Monreal to open the scoring for the Gunners, but Clucas levelled for Swansea within a minute at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea earned back-to-back wins for the first time this season, while Arsene Wenger’s side…

The former Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has solicited support of Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for his presidential ambition. Lamido made the appeal when he visited the governor in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lamido appealed to party leaders to form a strong alliance so that the party could win the 2019 poll. “We can defeat them easily if we all share the same thought and pains as Nigerians are feeling now,” he said. The former governor said he decided to visit Fayose to confer with him on his…

Stephanie Otobo who last Sunday apologised to Apostle Johnson Suleiman for accusing him of having an affair with her, has vowed to name her sponsors in court. The lady claims she has emails and text messages to prove her claims. Otobo, a stripper and musician, spoke on Tuesday from her Lagos hideout via a video published online. The video is the third on her alleged connection with the preacher since January 23. She denied being coerced or paid to make a confession in favour of Suleiman. In the first video confession released on Sunday, Otobo apologised to Suleiman, founder of…