Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea have reached an agreement with Brighton for a British transfer record at £115m fee plus a sell-on clause for midfielder Moises Caicedo, several high profile sources report Sunday night.
Caicedo will sign an 8-year contact, until 2031, with Chelsea with an option for a one-year extention after turning down the overtures of Liverpool who made a huge bid of £110m.
This much were revealed by Sky Sports News and transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano.
The two authoritative sources informed that a medical has been booked for the player who is now expected to become a Chelsea player on Monday.
Caicedo’s agents were at the Executive box on Sunday evening to watch the club play out a thrilling 1-1 draw with Liverpool.
The reports also suggested that a deal for Nigerian-born France youth international, Michael Olise is in the offing. Romeo Lavia is also expected to join from Southampton.
The Crystal Palace winger is viewed as a successor to Hakim Ziyech who has joined the Saudi Pro League revolution.
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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