Izuchukwu OkosiBrighton manager Graham Potter according to several reliable English newspapers has verbally agreed to take the Chelsea manager’s job after holding talks with the Blues hierarchy.
It is understood that terms are not finalised for the 47-year-old to join from Brighton but Chelsea are confident of appointing him.
Chelsea made Potter their No 1 target after sacking Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday albeit there were other notable options including Mauricio Pochettino and Zinedine Zidane and swiftly received permission from Brighton to speak to him.
A substantial compensation payment – about £16m – will need to be paid and Potter could be in place for Saturday’s game at Fulham.
Potter was at Brighton’s training ground on Thursday but talks will continue later in the day for the former Östersund and Swansea manager.
Meanwhile a report reveals that Potter has asked for three members of his Brighton backroom staff to join him at Chelsea.
Potter had a face-to-face meeting with Blues co-owner and interim sporting director Todd Boehly, where he laid out his plans for the future.
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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