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Atsu not leaving Newcastle United, says Benitez

Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez has reiterated his desire to keep Ghana international Christian Atsu as well as other players who command first team place in his set-up.

The 26-year-old has been linked with a move to West Ham United alongside Jonjo Shelvey and striker Aleksander Mitrovic but the Spanish manager insists there have been no official offers and none will even be sold.

“We cannot sell players that are playing because we would need to replace them with better players and in January, it takes a lot of money to convince them to come here,” Benitez was quoted as saying by Daily Star.

“So we are not thinking of selling those that are already playing. I have heard people talking about our players but we do not have any offers,” he said.

He added: “If someone would come in and could buy, then we would have extra money to go into the market but we don’t want to sell anyone who has value for our team.”

Atsu was rested in Newcastle’s Cup game against Luton Town.

Journalist shot dead in Goaso; perpetrators on the run

The 40-year-old reporter for Success FM, a community Radio Station at Goaso in the Asunafo North Municipality of Brong-Ahafo, shot dead at Kwapong in the Asunafo South District by an unknown person(s). Local sources said that the journalist aka King George, who was a local correspondent for Hello FM in Kumasi and Peace FM in Accra, was returning on his motorbike from Sankore after investigating issues relating to some missing cocoa fertilizers in the area when he was shot in the arm by his assailant(s).

The Regional Police Command, when contacted by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani confirmed the story and stated that information reaching their outfit indicated that the late Abanga was shot by alleged armed robbers.

Superintendent Alhaji Maama Arhin, Brong- Ahafo Regional Crime Officer said Police on Thursday September 10, 2015 had information at about 1630 hours that somebody had been murdered in the area, saying Policemen therefore proceeded to the scene to take the body to the Goaso Government Hospital morgue, pending autopsy.

He stated that the Police were told some alleged armed robbers were trailing a cocoa farmer who was on a motorbike on the road from Sankore to Kwapong, adding that, the farmer was said to have cashed some amount of money from a bank at Sankore.

Supt. Arhin said “the incident is a total murder since all the deceased’s belongings were intact, including his mobile phones, pen drive and wallet containing some money”.

He said no arrest has been made, but Police were still investigating. Abanga left behind a wife and a child.