Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea on Saturday evening reached an agreement with Manchester City for the transfer of Raheem Sterling to Stamford Bridge.
The deal taking the former Liverpool forward to West London is reportedly worth £50m according to sources in the British press.
Sterling will sign a five-year contract with Chelsea with the option of an additional year.
Chelsea are currently working through the logistics of organising his medical in London and if all goes well with the procedures, the England international will join the Blues in their pre season tour of the United States.
Meanwhile Chelsea are also negotiating with City on a separate deal for their former defender Nathan Ake.
With the departures of Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger and possibly Caesar Azplicueta, Chelsea are currently depleted in their defensive ranks.
City it is understood want almost the same fee they paid for Ake in August 2020, around the £41m mark. The Dutch international has already agreed personal terms with the Blues.
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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