Ajax Unveils €26.5m-rated Super Eagles Star Bassey

Dutch Eredivisie champions have confirmed the signing of Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey from Scottish Cup champions Glasgow Rangers on a five year deal.

The Nigerian international penned a five-year contract that will keep him in Amsterdam until 2027.

Ajax who are replacing newly Manchester United signing Lisandro Martinez with the Nigerian paid Rangers €23m with add-ons potentially rising to €26.5m.

Bassey has became the most expensive sale in Rangers’ history, eclipsing the €14 million Everton paid for youngster Nathan Patterson last year.

The deal will also go down as the second highest fee ever paid by Ajax for a signing, coming some way short of Steven Bergwijn’s €31.25m move from Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month.

Bassey will wear the jersey number 33 at the Amsterdam club.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.