Chelsea To Make New £75m Offer For Leicester’s Fofana

Top Defender Of Nigerian Descent Linked As Replacement
2 years ago
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Chelsea are intent on making a bid acceptable to Leicester City for defender Lesley Fofana with less than one week to the end of the summer transfer window.

Leicester have vehemently refused to do business with the Blues who are looking to bolster their backline after the sales of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger to Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.

There are reports from the English tabloids that suggest that an improved £75m offer is on the table with the structure of the add-ons the only grey area to be sorted out.

The Telegraph report Thursday night that Leicester will gun for Borussia Dortmund centreback of Nigerian descent Manuel Akanji should they change their earlier stance on not selling Fofana, at least below the player’s valuation.

Akanji plays for the Switzerland national team and was also linked during the current transfer window to Arsenal.

The Telegraph also added that Chelsea have moved closer to agreeing a deal with Barcelona for former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to return to the Premier League to reunite with manager Thomas Tuchel whom he worked with at Borrusia Dortmund.

 

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.

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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