Izuchukwu OkosiJoao Felix’s move to Chelsea could be wrapped up on Tuesday evening as the Atletico Madrid forward has arrived London in the last few minutes to undergo medical tests and sign a loan deal until the end of the season.
Several news outlets in England and Portugal pictured him arriving at the club to begin formalities ahead of a six-month stint in West London.
The London side on Monday struck a verbal agreement for the temporary transfer of the Portugal international.
The loan fee, according to several English and Spanish sources, is €11 Million with his full salaries to be covered by owner Todd Boelhy.
The Chelsea billionaire owner, Boelhy, who is worth £5.5 Billion as estimated by Forbes, on Monday stepped down in his post as the interim Sporting Director of the club.
Felix, the reports stressed, will extend his contract with Atletico Madrid until 2027.
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Chelsea’s deal means the path is clear for Arsenal to wrap up agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk for the signature of Ukrainian forward, Mykailo Mudryk.
Chelsea were set to offer much more than Arsenal for the 22 year-old star but his mind is made up on a move to the Emirates stadium.
Chelsea are keen to sign as many backups and replacements as possible to cover up for the many injured first team players totalling about eleven.
Reliable transfer sources disclosed that the player has agreed personal terms with the north London side on a five-year contract.
Some sources on Tuesday afternoon went as far as hinting that Mudryk’s decision to insist on an Arsenal move over Chelsea could be unconnected to the fact that Chelsea was formerly owned by a Russian oligarch.
Russia and Ukraine’s diplomatic relation went sour since August 2022 when the Russians began bombardments of the latter.
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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