Izuchukwu Okosi
Pep Guardiola will be offered the chance to become manager of the Netherlands when he leaves Manchester City.
The Spaniard is under contract at the Etihad until the summer of 2023 and has previously hinted he could leave the Premier League champions when his current deal expires.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss who has not lifted the UEFA Champions League with City like he did at his former clubs is unlikely to be short of job offers when he steps down from his current role.
According to English tabloid, The Mirror, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) is drawing up plans to sign up Guardiola once he calls time on his City career.
The report claimed the KNVB previously spoke with Guardiola over his future prior to him signing a two-year contract extension with City last August.
Guardiola has strong links to Dutch football, having played under the late Johan Cruyff during his time in charge of Barcelona.
Former Barcelona and Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal, is currently in charge of the Dutch national side for the third time in his career.
Guardiola has made no secret of his desire to move into international football once he leaves Manchester City.
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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