Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal and England international forward of Nigerian descent Bukayo Saka FaceTimed global fashion and television superstar Kim Kardashian following her trip to the Emirates with her Arsenal-supporting son, Saint West.
Mother and son were at the stadium to watch the Gunners face Sporting Lisbon in Thursday night’s round of 16 second-leg tie in the Europa League but unfortunately, they lost to the Portuguese side on penalties after a pulsating 1-1 draw in regulation time.
Despite facing the disappointment of the penalty shoot-out defeat which ended 4-3, Saka took the time to FaceTime the famous family and issue a pledge regarding the rest of Arsenal’s season.
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Kim’s Instagram story included the caption: “And more surprises… the boy’s favourite player for Arsenal, Bukayo Saka.”
Saka said on the call: “Sorry that I missed you yesterday, they said that you were in the player’s lounge, I had a shirt for you.”
A keen youngster said from the other side of the call: “We’re gonna come back if you win the Premier League,” with a chuckle Saka added: “When [not if], when.”
He concluded: “Tell them to let me know when they’re coming back and we’ll sort them some t-shirts.”
Kim shares four children with ex-husband Kanye West, North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm. However, Kanye pledged his allegiance to Manchester United back in 2018.
Saka’s promise to win the Premier League this season would no doubt have delighted seven-year-old Saint, who wore their away strip in a chance meeting with Dele Alli.
The former Tottenham star posed with the youngsters during a visit back to London, with his loan spell at Besiktas not going to plan.
The 26-year-old’s contract with Everton has also been discussed – which could lead to him looking for a new club entirely in the summer.
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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