Kelechi Iheanacho

Fantastic. He is normally a very clinical finisher.

Pep will improve him.

Iheanacho knows he has to improve. The competition within the squad will see to that.

The pressure is on. I think Iheanacho will embrace it.
 
Kelechi's biggest problem is he's caught in limbo... not good enough to displace Aguero (who is), and not enough depth in the squad to let him leave on loan. So he might not get enough game time to reach his potential. I hope the club has a solution for this.
 
Lordabas said:
Needs a loan move for play time. PL side if possible
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Are you serious?

Fcuk me, if any more teams come "round on the knock" asking to "borrow" our "fringe" players, we'll have to start asking for volenteers, from the match day crowd, to fill out our subs bench.
 
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Tricky_Trev said:
Kelechi's biggest problem is he's caught in limbo... not good enough to displace Aguero (who is), and not enough depth in the squad to let him leave on loan. So he might not get enough game time to reach his potential. I hope the club has a solution for this.
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Because Kelechi has been more of a 10 before playing mainly ST for us, I can see Pep using him as a false 9 versus certain teams. Post January it will be interesting how Pep positions Gabriel Jesus who's looked much better on the wings during the Olympics while also playing more as a ST for club. Having Gabriel Jesus, Kelechi and Sané gives Kün a rest to avoid injury.
 
Kelechi Iheanacho: "I don't know about that news (transfers). All I know is that I'm still at Manchester City, I'm still a City player."

Iheanacho: "So all the news that's going on about teams wanting to buy me, I try not to know about that."

Iheanacho: "I shouldn't be complaining that I'm not getting games. We are one squad, a full squad so everyone is not going to be playing."
 
karen7 said:
Kelechi Iheanacho: "I don't know about that news (transfers). All I know is that I'm still at Manchester City, I'm still a City player."

Iheanacho: "So all the news that's going on about teams wanting to buy me, I try not to know about that."

Iheanacho: "I shouldn't be complaining that I'm not getting games. We are one squad, a full squad so everyone is not going to be playing."
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A breath of fresh air to have that attitude, fair play to Kelechi.
 
I don't know whether I admire his maturity, or whether I'd like him to have more ambition.

I just don't see him playing next season, and I think Pep could make that plain by not really including him in pre-season to make a point. I just don't think he fancies him.
 
I like his attitude but at this point in his career he needs first team football week in and out. If he can't get that with us he really should be thinking of at least a loan.
 
Isn't Guardiola supposed to be Mr Youth? Mr Holistic Management? He hasn't shown any of this in his first year, imho. At both Barça and Bayern he brought through and played the youngsters, and we are supposed to be highly focused on development these days. So, when we have such a homegrown talent as Kelechi - how is he not a first team regular?
 
ProFunk said:
Isn't Guardiola supposed to be Mr Youth? Mr Holistic Management? He hasn't shown any of this in his first year, imho. At both Barça and Bayern he brought through and played the youngsters, and we are supposed to be highly focused on development these days. So, when we have such a homegrown talent as Kelechi - how is he not a first team regular?
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I read the book on Pep's first year at Bayern and despite an incredible number of injuries during the season he did not seem to wish to introduce young players. At one point he says you must always play your best players. Personally I don't rate Kelechi as highly as some do but that is just my view.
 
ProFunk said:
Isn't Guardiola supposed to be Mr Youth? Mr Holistic Management? He hasn't shown any of this in his first year, imho. At both Barça and Bayern he brought through and played the youngsters, and we are supposed to be highly focused on development these days. So, when we have such a homegrown talent as Kelechi - how is he not a first team regular?
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Because he isn't good enough at the moment. We can't play youth just for the sake of it. The academy will bear fruit in the coming years but it's unfair to expect Pep to just rock up in his first season and throw in kids just because some of the fanbase want to see them.
 
ProFunk said:
Isn't Guardiola supposed to be Mr Youth? Mr Holistic Management? He hasn't shown any of this in his first year, imho. At both Barça and Bayern he brought through and played the youngsters, and we are supposed to be highly focused on development these days. So, when we have such a homegrown talent as Kelechi - how is he not a first team regular?
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Because he is nowhere near good enough. It's that simple.

Its also quite easy to bring through youngsters when they are the likes of Busquets (19), Messi (21) and Pique (21). Kelechi is 21 in October this year. Quite a difference in quality, no? It was also a two horse race back then and they pissed the league. You don't blood youngsters when you're in a battle to finish in the top four.

There is absolutely no comparison in the situations at Bayern, Barca and City and so the argument of what he did in the past has no relevance to whether he can repeat that at City. Hugely different circumstances.
 
needs game time and then you judge him he can not keep coming off the bench or start one game and out for 10 games but his goal record is great. maybe a loan move but we should not sell him but i feel the people behind him like the agent is going to milk manchester city for as much he can get out of us

i do remember some signing trouble with him coming to man city and the youth team and had only a couple of games at the end of that season at youth level. if am right i think it was another team that claimed to have sign him or had a contract sign by him it was something like that but maybe it was somebody else
 
ProFunk said:
Isn't Guardiola supposed to be Mr Youth? Mr Holistic Management? He hasn't shown any of this in his first year, imho. At both Barça and Bayern he brought through and played the youngsters, and we are supposed to be highly focused on development these days. So, when we have such a homegrown talent as Kelechi - how is he not a first team regular?
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Because he's not better than other players we have in his position perhaps???!?!......
 
He should go on loan so we can judge him over a season. Bournemouth or Huddersfield would be cool.
 
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