All is not rosy for Kelechi Iheanacho at English Championship side Leicester City, who are pushing for promotion back to the English Premier League, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Iheanacho who was a member of the senior national team of Nigeria to the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations has fallen out of favour in the eyes of coach Enzo Maresca since returning from the tournament, where Nigeria finished second.
The 27 year old defied the instructions of the team not to attend the tournament as he isn’t fully fit. He went and didn’t get involved for Nigeria until the semi final. It appears that move has now placed him in a fix at his club.
Since his return from the AFCON he has only played 28 minutes of football and he has missed out on the matchday squad entirely five times and made the substitute bench twice. As a matter of fact he has played more minutes for Nigeria, where he played the entire duration of their both post AFCON friendly games against Ghana and Mali respectively.
It is believed his contract situation is also part of the reason why he is frozen out at the moment, as he will be out of contract in the summer meaning he can join a club of his choice in June.
Daniel Martins
