Galatasaray have rejected 125 million euros from Atletico Madrid for Victor Osimhen. Arsenal are now in talks. Manchester United prepared 100 million euros. Galatasaray want between 120 and 150 million. The full transfer market anatomy of African football's most valuable and most immovable asset.
Tonight in Rabat, Cameroon face Malawi in a WAFCON final that guarantees a first-time champion. One side eliminated Nigeria and Morocco on the way here. The other arrived never having played in the tournament. The full preview of the most unexpected final in WAFCON history.
Neil El Aynaoui is 25 years old, Moroccan, and the most wanted midfielder in the Premier League transfer window. Aston Villa have identified him as their top priority. Roma want £34 million. Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid are all watching.
Together they earned 311 international caps for Egypt, a Guinness World Record. Hossam Hassan scored 69 goals for his country, lifted the AFCON trophy three times, and is now Egypt's head coach. Ibrahim sat beside him as national team director, his identical twin.
Victor Osimhen won the Turkish league, reached the Champions League, paid for a fan to fly from Lagos to Istanbul, and cried in front of 50,000 people when the Galatasaray tifo went up.
Barbra Banda arrived at WAFCON 2026 as the second most expensive player in women's football history. She has scored four goals in one match. The commercial profile of African women's football's most valuable player — and what her WAFCON performance does to that value.
Idrissa Gana Gueye's second spell at Everton is over. The Senegal international leaves Merseyside after 236 appearances and two Player of the Season honours, with Saudi Arabia reportedly his next stop. The story of a career that outlasted every prediction.
Cape Verde's World Cup goalkeeper is Chile-bound. Vozinha completes an 18-month move to Colo Colo, turning a fairytale tournament run into a new continental chapter. The story behind football's most unlikely transfer of the summer.
The AFCON 2025 title has no confirmed owner. Senegal won it on the pitch. CAF gave it to Morocco on paper. CAS has not ruled. The numbers behind African football's most complicated legal dispute.
Vozinha is 40 years old, used to be an electrician, and has just been named in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament. He is the only African in the XI. He is also the reason Spain never scored against Cape Verde. The full story.
WAFCON 2026 opens in four days. Morocco face Kenya on Sunday night in Rabat. Algeria and Senegal go first that afternoon. The full breakdown of Group A — the host's group, the pressure group, and the one East Africa is watching most closely.
Ten nations. Nine into the knockouts. Zero semi-finalists. One final shaped entirely by what African sides did first. The complete numbers behind Africa's 2026 World Cup.
At 40, Vozinha proves age is just a number when talent and mentality align. A move to Colo Colo would be a perfect next chapter—bringing experience, leadership, and massive fan appeal to the Chilean club.
Argentina face Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. No African nation is there. But the 2026 World Cup changed what African football expects of itself. Here is the full legacy accounting before the final.
Vozinha, the 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper who stopped eight shots against Spain and was named Africa's World Cup revelation, has received significant interest from Inter Miami. Here is what a move would mean for him and for Cape Verde.
Nine African nations reached the World Cup knockouts. Eight were eliminated by late goals, comebacks, or single controversial moments. The performance data says Africa competed. The scoreboard says something different. Here is the honest analysis.
