Player Topic: Kelechi Iheanacho (2015/16)

[Naija]

Offered more money to the player perhaps, but it was a nominal fee to the academy. I read £250k or thereabouts a while ago. Basically he cost nothing (which begs the question how do the rules permit that his academy ended up losing this player for so little?).

Has a lot to do with 2 main factors:
1. Most Nigerians are extremely terrible at negotiations especially with Europeans (it's embarrassing tbh)
2. He plays for an Academy and not an actual professional club, so he's not exactly proven like say if he was a Brazillian and regular for a team like Santos

 

[Naija]

Didn't he come through from the academy we have set up in Africa?

City don't have a Academy set up in 'Nigeria'. City were only interested in him after he won the MVP at the U17 WC

 

[mancity dan]

City don't have a Academy set up in 'Nigeria'. City were only interested in him after he won the MVP at the U17 WC

We don't have an affiliate in Nigeria but we have one in Africa.

 

[nasir6371]

I believe there is one in Ghana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolgatanga_Manchester_City_F.C.

 

[BillyShears]

Really disappointed he's not made the CL squad for the group stages.

 

[BigOscar]

Really disappointed he's not made the CL squad for the group stages.

No real option to put him in though, unless we'd ditched Demi and kept Denayer, but he wasn't interested in being 4th choice

 

[blueparrot]

Does he qualify for the B squad in January, or will it be next season ?

Edit seems he won't qualify until next season.

 

[shemnel]

Really disappointed he's not made the CL squad for the group stages.

sorry for duplicating, i wrote similar to the following in CL squad thread;

surely Iheanacho would be 4th choice up top anyway? Aguero, Bony, Sterling (maybe even behind Nasri up there)

so it serves that Iheanacho would simply come in to the squad as soon as one of those striking options is injured? i dont think he'd ever make the pitch this season in a champs league game unless injuries said so

 

[coleridge]

Really disappointed he's not made the CL squad for the group stages.

We all know what you mean but no choice really, was there?

For me, I still don't understand the Bony signing. He may well prove me wrong via the goals he bangs in but he adds nothing to the team that I can see. Whereas Nacho on Saturday obviously went out wide to replace Sterling, but could just have easily have replaced Aguero. I'm not anti-Bony but he just seems to be around to keep Yaya company.

 

[supercity88]

sorry for duplicating, i wrote similar to the following in CL squad thread;

surely Iheanacho would be 4th choice up top anyway? Aguero, Bony, Sterling (maybe even behind Nasri up there)

so it serves that Iheanacho would simply come in to the squad as soon as one of those striking options is injured? i dont think he'd ever make the pitch this season in a champs league game unless injuries said so

I suppose we don't have any easy games on paper so he wouldn't feature but I'd much prefer to see him used if we were 2-0 up with 15minutes left instead of putting Bony on or having to keep Sterling on the pitch. Having said that, it may mean he's used more in domestic games to save the other strike options for CL games. If he can feature in a fair few domestic games and score/create some goals then that would be a good season in any case and leave him closer to making a mark next time around when there could be a spot free (or he makes the B list).