Super
Eagles
coach
Stephen
Keshi has
faulted
Kelechi
Iheanacho’s
choice of
Manchester City for his first taste of European
football, stressing; a smaller club where he would
have more “playing time” suits his growth
requirements.
Keshi also rued the impromptu exit of the Nigeria
Under-17 starlet from Eagles team B camp to
complete the signing of a fresh City deal.
“I would have loved to take him to CHAN, where he
could have get more exposure and experience,
where he would grow more in confidence and take
take his game to the next level, but he and his dad
opted for something else,” Keshi was reported as
saying on a radio interview.
Kelechi Iheanacho Scores His Fourth Goal Against
Mexico in Al Ain, UAE. Getty Image.
Kelechi Iheanacho Scores His Fourth Goal Against
Mexico in Al Ain, UAE. Getty Image.
While another Golden Eaglets player, Taiwo Awoniyi,
failed to
make the final cut for the 2014 CHAN tournament,
which begins in South Africa on January 11,
goalkeeper Dele Alampasu made the 23-man
squad.
The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup MVP and his agents
are yet working out suitable payment modalities for
his contract with the Etihad Stadium outfit and he is
alongside his father, James, reportedly still in Spain.
On Kelechi’s choice of City, Keshi added: “We need
to be realistic in our dealings, Iheanacho should
have been taken to a smaller team, where he can
mature quickly by getting play time.
“Iheanacho can’t play in Manchester City in the next
one year or so, it is not good for him.”
Kelechi will travel to Switzerland next week for the
FIFA Ballon d’Or award gala.
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