Izuchukwu OkosiCesar Azplicueta on Thursday penned a new two-year contract extension at Chelsea until 2024 as the Stamford Bridge landlords desperately seek to improve on their defensive unit.
Azplicueta had attracted interest from Barcelona but unlike former teammate Andreas Christensen will not be moving back to Spain.
The right back reports emerged on Thursday personally called Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez to inform him that contrary to earlier plans, he will not be playing under him.
Barcelona has managed to hijack the deals of Raphinha and Joules Koundé from under the noses of Chelsea who showed strong interests in the players.
Chelsea however may be able to get one of Barcelona prized assets in striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal superstar might struggle for first team place at Barcelona with the arrival of Robert Lewandowski.
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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