Izuchukwu OkosiWest Ham on Monday night received a formal offer from Manchester City to sign England international Declan Rice.
City are proposing deal worth £80m + £10m add-ons after the second Arsenal bid of £75m + £15m was rejected by the Hammers last week.
Arsenal’s pursuit of main target (Rice) is however still ongoing based on the reports by The Athletic.
Meanwhile one of the possible transfer solutions Arsenal may have in the defensive midfield position, Adrien Rabiot is getting very close to extending his contract with Italian Serie A giants, Juventus, according to Sky Sport
The Athletic further scooped that Arsenal who finished behind champions, Manchester City last season will make a third offer for the midfield ace with an improved financial outlay.
Before Monday’s big breaking news, some reports earlier indicated that the Gunners might return with interest for Brighton and Hoves Albion star Moises Caicedo with an £80m offer or seek to acquire Everton’s Amadou Onana.
Arsenal were close to winning the Premier League title last season but faltered at the business end of the campaign which let City chase them down and eventually got to the finish line with five points clear.
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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