Seeking divine intervention… Kelechi
Iheanacho is likely to leave Manchester
City for West Ham United. PHOTO:
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Moses, six others to return after Togo clash
Kelechi Iheanacho, who is the subject of
a transfer tug-of-war involving West
Ham United, Everton and Leicester City,
has rejoined his Super Eagles teammates
in their Paris camp ahead of tomorrow’s
international friendly against Togo.
Iheanacho has been tipped to leave
Manchester City after a season he rarely
featured in Pep Guardiola’s side, but the
Citizens want a buy-back clause inserted
in any contract he signs if they were to
sell him.
According to dailymail.co.uk, West Ham
United are hopeful they can win the race
for the £20million-rated 20-year-old
striker but Everton and Leicester are also
interested.
It reports that City do not want to be left
in the same situation as Chelsea, who
allowed Romelu Lukaku to leave without
inserting an option to buy back the
striker at a set price.
Although West Ham are willing to agree
to the buy back clause, they want any fee
agreed on to be at least double what they
pay, though City will likely argue it
should be closer to the £30m mark or
less. The total can vary depending on
what Iheanacho achieves at a new club.
Despite that limited opportunity,
Iheanacho still managed seven goals and
three assists, with those strikes coming at
an average rate of one every 128
minutes.
But Iheanacho could still remain at
Manchester City as he recently dismissed
any talk of an impending Etihad exit,
telling reporters: ‘I’m not very aware of
that.
“I just keep working with the team and
I’m still at Manchester City so I’ll meet
up with the boys and kick off the season
with Manchester City.
“I’m happy to stay at Manchester City
and keep fighting to help them achieve
what they want to achieve. Manchester
City is a big team and we need to go far
as a squad, so we need everybody.”
Meanwhile, Iheanacho has rejoined the
Super Eagles at their Paris camp ahead of
tomorrow’s international friendly against
Togo.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
yesterday announced that 19 players are
in camp, including Iheanacho, for the
friendly against the Sparrow Hawks at
the Stade Municipal Saint-Leu-la-Forêt in
Paris.
There are also reports that seven players,
including Victor Moses, John Ogu,
Kenneth Omeruo, Ogenyi Onazi, Daniel
Akpeyi, Moses Simon and Brown Ideye
are expected to return to the team, while
currently with the squad in France would
be drooped after the Togo friendly.
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