Izuchukwu OkosiLiverpool on Friday night moved closer to appointing Dutch coach Arne Slot as their new manager after reportedly agreeing a compensation package with Eredevisie side, Feyenoord.
Slot is widely expected to replace Jurgen Klopp at the end of the season which was made easier after he publicly expressed interest on taking up the job.
Negotiations between both sides had continued behind the scenes as the Reds saw an offer of £7.7million turned down after opening rounds of talks.
Various news sources in the UK are now reporting that a deal has been agreed. It is claimed that the agreement is an initial £7.7m with £1.7m in add-ons.
Klopp shocked the Reds faithful when he announced that he will be stepping down from his job as Liverpool manager – a decision he added – was taken in December 2023.
Klopp won the UEFA champions League and tje Premier League with Liverpool.
Klopp himself has hailed the style of play of Feyenoord and endorsed Slot as a good candidate to replace him as new manager.
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.
