Izuchukwu OkosiDespite reports that broke on Wednesday night from some sections of the media that Chelsea and Brighton have agreed a £52.5million deal for left back Marc Cucurella, Brighton Football Club have revealed that that there has not been a concrete agreement for the sale of the defender.
Chelsea have lost a number of transfer targets to the superior negotiating power and pull of Barcelona but were desperate to get the Spaniard from Brighton who was a subject of interest from Manchester City.
However City were not ready to bid for more than £30m for the defender and Chelsea have swooped.
Sky Sports News broke the new of an imminent deal for the defender while fresh reports from TalkSPORTS indicate that there are still some details to be sorted out.
Brighton has subsequently released a statement denying any such agreement with Chelsea, Manchester City or indeed any club for their prized asset.
“Contrary to inaccurate reports from numerous media outlets this evening, no agreement has been reached with any club to sell Marc Cucurella,” the club said on its official website.
Chelsea defender Levi Colwill is reportedly expected to go the other way, however, that is expected to be in a separate deal.
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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