Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal on Monday completed the signing of Manchester City attacker Gabriel Jesus on a long-term contract until 2027 reports Prime Business Africa.
The deal saw Arsenal spend £45 Million (about N22.94 Billion) to get their man whom they have courted for several years now.
The Brazil international expected to earn £190,000 weekly wages, leaves City after almost six years, during which time he scored 95 goals in 236 appearances and won the Premier League four times, League Cup three times and the FA Cup.
Jesus is reunited with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta who was assistant to Pep Guardiola at City before he was appointed as the Gunners’ manager back in December 2019.
“We spoke a couple of times about the club, the players, the project and the future,” he told arsenal.com.
“I believe 100 percent in Mikel. I had a very good time with him before, he’s a very good guy and a very good coach as well. He helped me a lot. We would always stick together after the training sessions and do some finishing or something,” the Brazilian stated.
Meanwhile Jesus has revealed that he will be playing as a centre-forward at Arsenal. The Brazilian international becomes the Gunners’ fourth signing of the summer following deals for Matt Turner, Fabio Vieira and Marquinhos.
The 25-year-old predominantly operated centrally during his time with Pep Guardiola’s side, although the former Barcelona boss opted to play him out wide last season, raising some doubt over what position Jesus would play under Mikel Arteta’s tutelage. However, the player has now confirmed that he will be a central striker at Arsenal.
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.
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