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Ghana’s Jordan Pierre Ayew broke his goal scoring duck for the season as Crystal Palace walloped Leeds United to move up to sixth position on the English Premier League log.

Goals from skipper Scott Dann, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Ayew interlaced with an own goal from Portuguese Helder Costa were enough to see off Leeds United at the Selhurst park on Saturday afternoon.

The home side broke the deadlock through captain Scott Dann when he connected from an Eberechi Eze cross in the 12th minute.

Five minutes later in-form English striker Patrick Bamford netted his seventh goal for the season but his joy was truncated harshly by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

Eze, who was running the show for the Eagles scored a peach of a goal from a freekick to double the lead for the homesters much to the chagrin of Leeds United.

However, Bamford was not denied for the second time as he fired home from close range to halve the deficit but his efforts was thwarted by team mate Helder Costa whose supposed clearance went straight into the net of Leeds United.

Jordan Ayew, who had struggled to hit the ground running from his peerless display last season, finally ended his goal scoring drought when he notched his maiden goal of the season in the 70th minute.

He was rested by head coach Roy Hodgson in the dying embers of the game for Belgian forward Christian Benteke.

Meanwhile, Ghanaian attacker Jeffrey Schlupp was also introduced into the frey after 71 minutes as Palace eased to a 4-1 home win despite Leeds picking up the lion’s share of the possession.

The results catapults Crystal Palace to sixth position with thirteen points – three points adrift first-placed Southampton and a single point away fr top four position.

Ayew will hope to carry his form to the international break when Ghana squares off against Sudan in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations double-header.

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German youth forward Jamie Leweling has rejected his debut Ghana call-up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan amid uncertainty over nationality switch and family complications.

The 19-year-old, who plays for Bundesliga 2 side Greuther Furth,  was a surprised inclusion in a 23-man squad for the double header against the Falcons of Jediane by Ghana coach Charles “CK” Akonnor.

But the report indicates that the youngster, who can also operate effectively on the wings, has declined the invitation over nationality doubt and family complications.

The forward fears he could be tie permanently to the West African giants, meaning any potential future plans to switch to the German national team will be complicated.

Leweling has told his trusted agent and parents, he’s unwilling to travel to his father’s country’s of birth as he remains unsure about switching allegiance to Ghana.

He is caught between a rock and a hard place as he also fancies the German national team, having featured for the youth teams.

“The boy (Jamie Leweling) can’t honour the call up because it will be very complicated if he wants to switch back to represent Germany in any category of the national team if things don’t go well for him with Ghana,”a source told GHANAsoccernet.com

“Jamie won’t come to Ghana because after further explanation of issues surrounding his call-up, he has decided not to play for Ghana now due to several complications which are both sporting and personal.”

The youngster want to continue his progression with the German after featuring for the U-19 and 20 levels.

Regarded as one of the future youngsters of German football, he has featured six times for the Kleeblatts this season and assisted once, appearing from the substitution bench in four of those games for the Fürth based team.

If he pulls out of the match, he may become the second player with Columbus Crew unwilling to release Harrison Afful.

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