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Chelsea are ready to table a £15million bid for Bayern Munich midfielder Luiz Gustavo Returning boss Jose Mourinho has prioritised the signing of a holding midfield player for the Stamford Bridge club. He has doubts about John Obi Mikel’s ability to play in that role. Bayern’s signing of Thiago Alcantara from Barcelona is likely to limit Gustavo’s first-team opportunities this season. And the player wants regular first-team football to ensure he is part of the Brazil team for next summer’s World Cup. Chelsea are also keen on bringing back midfielder Nemanja Matic - a fringe player at the Bridge from 2009-2011 - from Benfica, but his £25m price-tag is putting them off. Guardiola plots £40m Luiz bid B AYERN MUNICH are ready to offer £40million for Chelsea’s David Luiz. Boss Pep Guardiola wanted the Brazilian when he was in charge of Barcelona. Now, having moved to European champions Bayern, Guardiola is ready to pounce. He put out feelers for the defender while Luiz was starring for th...

BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN — The Oyo State police command, Wednesday, paraded the strange fish that almost caused stampede in Ibadan, Wednesday. While dismissing some reports that claimed the strange looking creature was a mermaid , the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa, said it was actually an octopus. [caption id="attachment_405668" align="alignnone" width="412"] Mrs. Ramota Salawu, the fish seller (The octopus)[/caption] He further stated that the creature was strange to residents of Ibadan because they were not living in the riverine area. The CP said: “I think it was an octopus and not a mermaid as claimed by some reports”  and urged the people to remain calm as the story around the discovery of a mermaid was not true. The fish vendor, Mrs. Ramota Salawu, who first saw the octopus lamented her ordeal with some miscreants who insisted that she must produce the ‘mermaid’ she was hiding in her house. According to her, the mob destroyed h...