Chelsea completed the signing of Nigeria-eligible forward, Noni Madueke on Friday night as coach Graham Potter prepares to hand a Premier League debut to Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk against Liverpool.
England under-21 winger of Nigerian descent, Madueke joined from PSV Eindhoven on a 7 1/2-year contract for a fee reportedly worth 35 million pounds ($43 million).
Chelsea confirmed the transfer on their social media handle.
“I like to get the ball and be exciting, take players on. Beat players, create a lot and score,” the 20-year-old Madueke said.
“Best league in the world, best teams, best players. I’m absolutely buzzing to be a Blue.”
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Meanwhile, Mykailo Mudryk moved to Stamford Bridge from Shakhtar Donetsk last weekend and is likely to feature in Saturday´s game at Liverpool.
The Ukrainian was expected to head to Arsenal but made a sudden, last-minute change and signed a seven-and-half year contract at Stamford Bridge.
“It´s how much he can do,” Potter said. “I think 90 minutes, no. There´s probably a role for him at some stage in the game.”
News coming out from several sources however indicate that Potter may lose his job if the results do not improve in the coming weeks.
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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.
