Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal legend Thierry Henry claimed the accolade for the greatest ever Premier League player since the start of the English professional league in 1992 courtesy of a football fan survey conducted by Betfair.
The survey asked more than 1,000 football fans to express their views on who they thought has been the best-ever player ahead of the big kick-off this weekend – which will represent the Premier League’s 30th anniversary.
Henry who scored 275 league goals for Arsenal earned 15 per cent of the vote ahead of five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo and Newcastle icon, Alan Shearer.
Henry who has been in Nigeria for promotional purposes a few times is affectionately called ‘Igwe’ by his adoring Nigerian fans.
The fourth place was picked by Manchester United’s eccentric star Eric Cantona while current Aston Villa – and Liverpool legend – Steven Gerrard was fifth in the survey.
Shearer remains the the Premier League’s highest goal scorer with 360 goals.
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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