Kelechi Iheanacho

In the long run this might not be a bad thing for us. We know from the little we have seen that he has immense potential and I suspect he will end up being our 4th striker next season. I don’t think this tournament has any effect on that position.

Playing well is good for the confidence but coming home injury free and with a long summer to rest is probably a good outcome. Big season for him coming up.
 
waspish said:
Because he's probably on a back hander to put those players in the shop window that's the only reason I can see they keep the better players in the bench
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That's the only thing I think that would make sense of this, and was really backed up when he took off a more attack minded Sokari for Nwakali when it would've made more sense to take off Ifeanyi who was even on a yellow card. The strongest thing about this team is it's depth and yet the dude only made 2 substitutions?!?!

That Brazil game was a clear indication that he seems to be out of his depth, a huge disappointment this team was..
 
nasir6371 said:
Nigeria knocked up and I hope Iheanacho discard anything he was taught by Manu and the Nigerian NT. Hopefully he focuses on his development and ignores any U20/21/23 call up for the near future.

Should be well rested for the pre-season.
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Pretty ironic there, makes me wonder how City heard of him in the first place? I'm guessing you guys are the ones that have been training him since he was 12 years old? SMDH
 
@Naija
As Nigerian fans have stated Manu has a good eye for scouting talent, not going to argue that. However, he knows nothing about teaching techniques and tactics. It is evident when your goalkeeper is making mistake that City U12 GK won't make. Prime example the Brazil game when the ball rolled between his leg for a goal. This along with other basic thing are taught in most european academies aren't taught to african players.
 
I hope Kelechi bounces back from this failure. Worrying reports from All Nigeria Soccer (beware the allegations, hard to say how trustworthy they are):
http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=15179#.VXrWsIuvOHo.twitter

Kelechi Iheanacho dropped to the bench after the Flying Eagles opener against Brazil and there had been suggestions that Manu Garba took that decision after the Manchester City starlet refused to pay him a bribe.

“If you watched the game with Brazil, deep inside you, you will say the truth that Kelechi was a shadow of himself.

“We can not question the coaches for not playing Kelechi, Success and Musa Yahaya because they know these players more than any other person.

It was coach Nduka that asked Manu Garba to remove the three players from the starting line-up after the Brazil game."
 
Terrible to hear but Muyiwa Lawal, highly respected journalist and 'in the know' writes on twitter:
@guysly2much Agents were literally on the pitch during training telling Manu which players to parade. 100% truth. Ask your inside source.

@guysly2much Check with ur guys & they'll tell u. Manu sold his soul. He had a chance to won U20 but he blew it. He had the best team in NZ.

@guysly2much Manu messed up. Did u know agents infiltrated camp with potential buyers & were literally telling Manu how to conduct sessions?

If he said it happened then unfortunately its true.
 
I trust Muyiwa Lawal. If he said it happened, then unfortunately I believe it did. Whether or not Manu Garba was paid directly or his assistant Nduka received the bribe is secondary.

According to Muyiwa Lawal, several of the most talented players like left back Samuel Okon, striker Alhassan Muazam and midfielder Abdullahi Alfa refused to pay a bribe and didn't make the plane to New Zealand. We could see the players parading in their place - LB Mustapha Abdullahi, MF Ifeanyi Ifeanyi and FW Bernard Bulbwa. I would also add that all of the latter three players failed the MRI test for the U17 squad two years ago. Who knows how old they really were.
 
I was actually going to post that on here the other day, basically that the non selection of the 3 Premier League players was a joke & I was wondering if the manager was being bribed to 'push' players who weren't already signed.

Nawakali looked so much better than the rest when he came on, & last time I saw the 3 together for the U17s, both Yahaya & Kelechi looked better than him.

Some of the players he did play look Championship standard to me, & nowher near as clever as footballers.

The u17s team would have beaten that U20s team.
 
Pre-tournament camp rumours were that there was such a game between the former U17 and the newcomers. It apparently ended 6:0 with Kelechi scoring 3, Success 2 and Awoniyi 1. Don't know the exact lineups, but well...

No guarantee as to the outcome, but the U17 squad would have given Germany a much sterner test, possibly even decisively winning.

BTW: Apparently you want to buy Chidiebere's younger brother, Kelechi Nwakali, but the youth club has an asking price of 4 mln... He'll be the captain of the U17 side coached by Emmanuel Amunike at the U17 World Cup. Other rumour has it that Amunike, the previous assistant coach to Manu Garba was the true mastermind behind the U17 team.
 
jon stakes said:
Pre-tournament camp rumours were that there was such a game between the former U17 and the newcomers. It apparently ended 6:0 with Kelechi scoring 3, Success 2 and Awoniyi 1. Don't know the exact lineups, but well...

No guarantee as to the outcome, but the U17 squad would have given Germany a much sterner test, possibly even decisively winning.

BTW: Apparently you want to buy Chidiebere's younger brother, Kelechi Nwakali, but the youth club has an asking price of 4 mln... He'll be the captain of the U17 side coached by Emmanuel Amunike at the U17 World Cup. Other rumour has it that Amunike, the previous assistant coach to Manu Garba was the true mastermind behind the U17 team.
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That's interesting, as I thought that the style of football they played was fantastic & didn't see any similarity whatsoever with the U20s team.

It would be very sad if it was the same coach though & he'd been pressed into playing another group, either by financial inducements or threats. There were some scarey rumours going round about Kelechi's former team manager for example.
 
No, no pressure. Amunike was promoted from assistant coach to head coach. Who wouldn't take the job? We'll see how he does tactically when Amuniike coaches the U17 later this year.
 
Unsurprising article on African Football:

EPL side Manchester City are so shocked about the limited playing appearances of both Kelechi Iheanacho and Chidiebere Nwakali at the FIFA U20 World Cup that they have demanded a technical appraisal of the players from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal City scouting and recruitment operations manager Fergal Harkin has demanded a technical report from the NFF after Iheanacho saw only a total of 83 minutes of action and Nwakali was played for 10 minutes against Germany as the Flying Eagles crashed out of the World Cup in New Zealand.

“City have requested for a technical report of both Iheanacho and Nwakali at the U20 World Cup,” a source informed AfricanFootball.com “It is now left to be seen if NFF will grant this request.”
 
I doubt City are too upset about the game time issue although if I was a Nigeria fan I’d be bothered. From City’s perspective Kelechi has proven himself at youth level already and it’s all about the next step for him. He has a busy year ahead and is on his way back from injury.
City must have good links in to the murky world of African youth football so maybe some questions were asked but I don’t see why anyone would ask for a written report.
 
Maybe not very upset. But I think Man City wanted him to play.
1. Provides a learning curve for the player, much like U21 club football does.
2. Guarantees exposure to the player, thus increasing his net worth as well as marketing value. In the long run a Golden Ball could be a important PR factor for the club, comparing him to the likes of Aguero and Messi.
3. Gives the club another chance to assess the player and how he performs in competitive games, thus limiting risk if they want to promote him
4. If he does well, for example the Golden Ball, he heigtens the profile of the club youth team, which is beneficial.
 
jon stakes said:
Maybe not very upset. But I think Man City wanted him to play.
1. Provides a learning curve for the player, much like U21 club football does.
2. Guarantees exposure to the player, thus increasing his net worth as well as marketing value. In the long run a Golden Ball could be a important PR factor for the club, comparing him to the likes of Aguero and Messi.
3. Gives the club another chance to assess the player and how he performs in competitive games, thus limiting risk if they want to promote him
4. If he does well, for example the Golden Ball, he heigtens the profile of the club youth team, which is beneficial.
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It's also the case that he's not long back from inury & we have handed him over to the Nigerian team rather than him continuing here, presumably because they said he was very important to them.
 
Samson Siasia, probably Nigeria's most respected coach, calls up Kelechi Iheanacho to the Olympic squad according to AllNigeriaFootball, together with several other misfits from the U20 World Cup squad (Musa Mohammed, Taiwo Awoniyi, Kingsley Sokari, Saviour Godwin, Dele Alampasu, Musa Yahaya, Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon):
http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=15283

Also writes that Iheanacho's goal vs Manchester United was chosen MCity's EDS goal of the season.
http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=15275
 
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