Football news live: Italy out of World Cup, plus Nigeria vs Ghana qualifier build-up

Raine has shortlisted bids from Todd Boehly, David Blitzer and Josh Harris, the Ricketts household and Boston Celtics proprietor Stephen Pagliuca because the 4 candidates to take over Chelsea.

The Athletic reported on Thursday night time that Nick Sweet and Woody Johnson had been out of the race to purchase Chelsea.

And now it’s understood that the Raine Group has shortlisted the ultimate 4 bids.

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Manchester United followers can keep updated with the membership’s managerial search by listening to the newest episode of Speak of the Devils.

Click here if you wish to be stored up to date on tonight’s large 2022 World Cup qualifying video games in Africa.

Rivals Ghana and Nigeria meet at 7:30pm whereas there’s a repeat of the Africa Cup of Nations last on the identical time.

Each video games are prone to be thrilling so comply with the updates proper right here on The Athletic.

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Guendouzi and Saliba are two massively promising younger gamers, each a part of Didier Deschamps’ most up-to-date France squad.

Each gamers are technically on mortgage from Arsenal, though there’s a tacit acknowledgement on each side of the channel that Guendouzi will stay in Provence and never return to north London.

The midfielder’s mortgage association got here with an compulsory buy clause within the area of €11 million (£9.2 million), supplied sure on-field standards had been met. That deal will likely be formally accomplished in the summertime.

Guendouzi, then, seems to belong to Arsenal’s previous.

Many Arsenal followers hope that Saliba might but belong to their future.

So what’s the state of affairs? James McNicholas experiences.

Liverpool might earn greater than £8.5 million from non-fungible token (NFT) gross sales after changing into the newest sports activities crew to enterprise into the complicated world of digital property.

In an announcement on Thursday that shortly attracted scorn on social media, the membership stated the “LFC Heroes Membership” will give followers the chance to buy animated, cartoon-style digital paintings of 23 gamers and supervisor Jurgen Klopp.

So why are some followers sad? Caoimhe O’Neill and Joey D’Urso clarify.

Actual Madrid ahead Eden Hazard is a doubt to face Chelsea as he’s planning to have surgical procedure on his leg.

He may have a plate eliminated in his proper leg, which was implanted after the 31-year-old broke his ankle in March 2020.

Madrid journey to reigning champions Chelsea within the Champions League quarter-finals on April 6.

A membership assertion learn: “Within the coming days, our participant, Eden Hazard, will bear surgical procedure to take away the osteosynthesis plate in his proper fibula.”

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The England crew are coaching onerous at St Georges Park forward of their pleasant towards Switzerland on Saturday.

The climate would have me smiling from ear to ear too!

West Ham United have made donations to 9 animal welfare charities after fining Kurt Zouma £250,000 after the defender was filmed kicking and slapping his pet cat final month.

A video obtained by The Solar final month confirmed Zouma, 27, dropping the cat from chest-height, and kicking it because it lands. He then chased it round the lounge, at one level throwing a pair of footwear on the cat, earlier than slapping it within the face.

Zouma faces an RSPCA prosecution alongside his brother Yoan, who filmed the video, beneath the Animal Welfare Act.

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The FA will elevate English soccer’s 3pm blackout to permit Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool’s FA Cup semi-final to be proven on tv in the UK at 3.30pm, The Athletic understands.

The sport was set for 3.30pm by the FA. Because of the Easter weekend schedule and FA Cup postponements, solely three Premier League video games, and no Championship, League One or League Two matches, will kick-off at 3pm.

This implies they’ve lifted the blackout.

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Italian Soccer Federation president Gabriele Gravina has thrown his help behind Roberto Mancini to proceed as supervisor regardless of lacking out on a spot on the World Cup following their shock defeat to North Macedonia.

The 1-0 defeat on Thursday night time knocked Italy out of the European play-offs. That is the primary time Italy have did not qualify for successive tournaments — two humiliations bookending their Euro 2020 win.

“I hope Mancini continues with us,” stated Gravina. “He has a dedication with us for this mission, I hope he can shake off this elimination identical to all of the Italians and that he stays on the helm to proceed our work collectively.”

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Iain Macintosh streamed his FA Cup last on quite a lot of social media platforms on Tuesday.

If you happen to had been unlucky and missed it, don’t be concerned, Iain has supplied the complete replace on the match.

The FA additionally confirmed the main points of the semi-finals for the Vitality Girls’s FA Cup:

• Saturday 16 April: West Ham United v Manchester Metropolis at 12.15pm
• Sunday 17 April: Arsenal v Chelsea at 12.30pm

For Manchester Metropolis followers, the FA are additionally offering quite a few free return bus companies resulting from restricted trains.

The Emirates FA Cup semi-finals have been confirmed.

• Saturday 16 April: Manchester Metropolis v Liverpool at 3.30pm
• Sunday 17 April: Chelsea v Crystal Palace at 4.30pm

Resulting from deliberate engineering works on prepare strains — limiting journey for each Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis followers — the FA will constitution 100 buses from Anfield and the Etihad Stadium to make sure 5000 followers from each groups will have the ability to journey to Wembley freed from cost.