Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal welcomes Premier League champions Manchester City to the Emirates this afternoon as the Gunners hope to climb to the top of the Premier League table but the Gunners will do so without England international, Bukayo Saka.
The Anglo-Nigerian superstar is recuperating from a knee injury and despite having been involved in two training sessions before today,, manager Mikel Arteta has opted not to name him in the Matchday squad.
Saka has played in 87 consecutive Premier League games for the north London side and had also been named in England’s squad for their October international window.
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The duo of Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard will occupy the wide areas while Eddie Nketiah will lead the attack.
The game kicks off at 4.30pm Nigerian time.
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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