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Calvin Bassey puts Rangers transfer confusion behind him as Nigeria slot 10 goals past minnows

Rangers defender Calvin Bassey has helped Nigeria on their way to a 10-0 rout over Sao Tome and Principe.

The Super Eagles are top of AFCON qualification Group A after following up their 2-1 win over Sierra Leone with a double digit away win.

Bassey started in defence as Victor Oshimen netted a quartet of goals and Terem Moffi grabbed a brace against the world's 183rd-ranked team.

Moses Simon, Oghenekaro Etebo, Ademola Lookman and Emmanuel Dennis' penalty finished off the thrashing in style.

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Former Rangers defender Leon Balogun replaced Bassey after 71 minutes as he looks for a new club following his Ibrox exit while Light Blues playmaker Joe Aribo was an unused substitute.

It came after a morning of transfer speculation surrounding Rangers' versatile star. A picture posted to his Instagram story tagged a chauffeur service car at Wolverhampton Wanderers training ground.

The post was soon deleted. Rangers are understood to value Bassey at around £25 million after his stellar displays during the 2021/22 season.

Nigeria's international matches for June are now over and a break can be had for the former Leicester City youngster before pre-season begins at Auchenhowie prior to the new Premiership season and Champions League qualifiers.

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