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Super Eagles in coaching crisis ahead of crucial AFCON qualifiers
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria are facing a critical coaching crisis ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers set to kick off in September.
Drawn into Group D alongside the Cheetahs of Benin, Rwanda’s Amavubi, and Libya, the Super Eagles are competing for a spot in the upcoming AFCON tournament. However, they are currently without a head coach following the resignation of Finidi George, who stepped down after poor results in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The three-time African champions are set to face Gernot Rohr’s Benin Republic and Rwanda in Group D, with the top two teams advancing to the tournament in Morocco. The Super Eagles will begin their campaign at home against Benin on September 7th at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, before travelling to Kigali for a matchday two clash against Rwanda at the Amahoro Stadium on September 10th.
During Finidi’s brief tenure, the Super Eagles struggled, suffering a 2-1 defeat to the Benin Republic in Abidjan and managing only a 1-1 draw against South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. These results have left Nigeria winless after four matches, sitting in fifth place in Group C with just three points, putting their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in serious jeopardy.
Despite weeks of speculation, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has yet to appoint a new head coach for the Super Eagles. This absence of leadership just weeks before the 2025 AFCON qualifiers poses a significant challenge for the team, which is eager to rebound from their runners-up finish at the 2023 AFCON.
With less than a month remaining before their first 2025 AFCON qualifying match, the urgency for the NFF to appoint a competent coach cannot be overstated.
The Super Eagles face an increasingly challenging path without a head coach to guide them through these crucial encounters.
Galatasaray have identified two strikers to sign to partner and support Victor Osimhen in the attack.
This was revealed by Galatasaray reporter Burhan Can Terzi while sharing information about the yellow-red team’s transfer agenda this summer.
According to Can Terzi, the two strikers are Fernabahce’s Jhon Duran and Paris Saint-Germain’s Kolo Muani
“The two names that Galatasaray are most keenly considering as strikers to partner and support Osimhen are Jhon Duran and Kolo Muani,” Can Terzi said (via habersarikirmizi).
“Galatasaray management is favourably inclined towards Jhon Duran due to his affordable cost,” he said.
Meanwhile, Osimhen has been linked with a move away from Galatasaray this summer, but the Nigerian international had ruled out any possibility of him leaving the Turkish Super Lig champions.
With a few days remaining to commence the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, Spain winger, Lamine Yamal is the world’s most valuable footballer.
According to the CIES Football Observatory’s latest ranking, the Barcelona star has an estimated transfer value of €358 million ($416m).
The 18-year-old tops the list ahead of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe.
Haaland is valued at €227 million ($256m), while Mbappe’s value is €166 million ($192m).
The three players are at the top of the list in first, second and third positions, respectively.
In fourth position is Bayern Munich winger Michael Oliseh, who is valued at €140.5 million, followed by Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers (€136.8 million) in fifth place.
Completing the top ten are Paris Saint-Germain’s Desire Doue ( €133.2 million), Juventus’ Kenan Yildiz (€133.0 million), Manchester City’s Nico O’Reilly (€125.0 million), Real Madrid’s Arda Güler (€124.8 million) and Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsí (€124.6 million).
Iran’s football squad have been granted visas to play in the World Cup, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed in a message on X on Friday.
“Proud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara for their work processing visas for Iran’s national football team on their road to the @FIFAWorldCup in the United States,” he said, commenting on a news report that Iran’s World Cup players have been granted the visas to enter the United States.
“Sports transcends borders, and we look forward to welcoming competitors and fans from around the world,” the ambassador said.
The Iranian team is due to fly from Turkey to Spain on Saturday before travelling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued visas to the squad.
The team will be based in Mexico during the tournament in North America, but all three of their group stage matches are due to be held in the United States.
They were originally due to be based in the US but switched their camp to Mexico due to the tensions between them and the United States over the war in the Middle East.
The two countries have been at war since the US and Israel began bombing Iran at the end of February, although currently a fragile ceasefire is being observed.
Iran begin their World Cup campaign against New Zealand on June 16 in Los Angeles.
They will play further group matches against Belgium, also in LA, and Egypt in Seattle.
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