Chelsea Unveil Estevao | Celtics Agree Deal With Chris Boucher | Aston Villa Agree Deal
Welcome to Afro Sports Now in Focus. My name is Tu Shotali. Let’s wrap up all of the day’s top stories. We’ll start from England where Aston Villa have reached an agreement which a French club needs to sign Ivorian striker Ivant Gason in a deal worth around30.3 million pounds. The villains are set to pay an initial 26 million pound fee with a further 4.3 million in addons and Goson is set to become Unai Emory’s fifth summer signing. The 24-year-old is expected to undergo a medical in the coming days ahead of signing a 5-year contract which will keep him at Villa Park until June of 2030. He turned out moves to Saudi Arabia for a move to the Premier League which shows his ambition. He’s a product of Niss’s youth academy and the striker made his senior debut in January of 2020 and has since played 108 times for the club scoring 21 goals in all competitions. He was involved in 20 goals in league on last season and won NI’s player of the season award. He made his debut for the Ivory Coast at the June 2024 AFCON and has scored once in 10 caps for the reigning Africa Cup of Nations winners. The Boston Celtics have reportedly signed free agent Chris Pushar to a one-year deal worth $3.3 million shortly after sending Gor Nyong and future picks to the Utah Jazz. A 32-year-old who joined the Toronto Raptors in 2018 was the last remaining member of the 2019 championship winning team. He averaged 10.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in 50 games for the Raptors last season, all appearing off the bench. She also shot 49.2% from the field and 36.3% from the three-point line. The 69 forward is expected to have sub substantial playing time with the Celtics who have lost several of its front court uh this off season following the departure of Chris Pzingis, Lu Cornet and Al Hawford. And Chelsea on Tuesday officially unveiled Estavio uh Willian as their new signing with a teenager linking up with the Premier League side on an eight-year contract following his move from Brazilian club Palmas. The Blues agreed to sign the Brazilian sensation in June 2024 in a deal worth around 51 million. Chelsea, who will pay an initial 29 million pound fee, also announced that he would compete complete the switch after his 18th birthday. Estavio turned 18 in April and has now joined up with his new teammates at the Koban training base after returning from holiday. The winger made his senior debut for Palirez in December of 2023 and has scored 27 goals and provided 15 assists in 83 appearances for the club. The Brazilian scored in Pomez’s 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the club World Cup quarterfinals. He’s one of several new arrivals at Stanford Bridge this summer, joining the likes of Dario Asuga, Sha Pedro, Liam Dak, Jamie Gittens, and Jurro Hart amongst others. We’ll take a short break on Afro Sports and now in focus. When we come back, we’ll look at what was a disappointing start for the home base Super Eagles as they lost their opening game at the Chant Sally go. We’ll look at uh what that result meant and how they go forward from this as they look to plot away out of the group stage. Just stay tuned. Don’t go anywhere. We’ll be right back.
