Izuchukwu OkosiRePremier League side West Ham are now said to be “ready” to sign off on the sale of Declan Rice to Arsenal but are waiting on lawyers at the Emirates.
The £105million total package has been agreed after haggle over the pay structure held up the deal, but the payment structure on the guaranteed £100m is now expected to see the money arrive in three lots by summer 2025.
According to the update from Sky Sports: “West Ham are ready to sign the contracts for Declan Rice to become an Arsenal player.
“The Hammers are waiting for Arsenal’s lawyers to approve the final wording of the deal and, once that is done, they will sign and Rice will complete his move to north London.
“Arsenal are hopeful of completing the signing of Rice before the squad flies to the USA for their pre-season tour on Sunday.”
The Gunners are currently in Germany in the first installment of their pre season preparations ahead of next season.
Mikel Arteta’s team are expected to play German side Nuremberg in a friendly game on July 13 before heading to the United States.
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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