Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea midfielder Mason Mount has agreed to join Manchester United this summer after talks over a contract extension at his current club broke down.
Mount’s representatives and Chelsea have been locked in contract negotiations but a number of factors have conspired to deny the West London side of the chance to tie down the England international.
Now, sources in the English media like The Telegraph has revealed on Thursday that United have stolen the march and are set to hand a long term contract to the player.
Mount has been hampered by an abdominal injuryOptimism Or Trouble At The Bridge: Can Chelsea Reflect Chukwuemeka’s Confidence Or Would Stars Seek New Homes? with his last game for the Blues coming in the month of April.
Mount’s time at the Stamford Bridge seemingly would take further hit with the July 1 arrival of Christopher Nkunku.
Chelsea are reportedly set to release a lot of first team players from their expensive contracts while the loan deal of Joao Felix who was hirthero expected to stay beyond his season-long loan deal will not come to fruition.
Meanwhile Chelsea have rejected outright a £30m bid from Brighton and Hoves Albion to sign Levi Colwill permanently.
Chelsea, according to reports making the rounds in the media, consider the youngster a part of the club’s future and therefore not for sale.
The Premier League transfer window will officially open on June 14 in England and close on September 1.
Chelsea are expected to let go of players like Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Christian Pulisoc, Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Marc Cucurella, Matteo Kovacic and the aforementioned Mount this summer.
Chelsea have spent in excess of over 6 billion pounds since the acquisition of the club by Todd Boehly after Roman Abrahamovic sold the club.
The team now under the coaching reins of Manuel Pochettino finished the 2022/2023 season in 12th place which became their worst end in a Premier League season in the past 27 years.
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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