Izuchukwu Okosi
Barcelona boss Xavi has come out to deny reports linking the club with Erling Braut Haaland.
Earlier this week, club president Joan Laporta held discussions with the player’s agent Mino Raiola, who also has other clients on his books.
Nevertheless, despite Barcelona known to be struggling financially, talk persists that the Spanish side will attempt to sign Haaland in the summer.
However, Xavi is taking a different approach to the subject, telling Marca: “Everything said now is hypothetical.
“Barcelona have to be aware of the market and it’s true that we need reinforcements, but we’ll see what happens.”
A wide range of clubs, including Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, have all been credited with an interest in the 21-year-old.
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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