Iheanacho Makes Man city Transfer Stalls

FIFA U-17 Best player winner Iheanacho has opted out of a transfer to Manchester City because he will only get cash in January 2015.

On signing for the English Premier League
millionaires, Iheanacho is to get 250,000
pounds, his father will pocket 350,000
pounds, while the Taye Academy in Owerri will receive 300,000 pounds.

According to mtnfootball.com, the most
valuable player of the recent U-17 World
Cup in the UAE signed a contract with City
at the weekend after passed a medical in
Madrid, Spain, with City chief scout Gary
Worthington in attendance.

However, both he and his father, James
Iheanacho, who accompanied him to Spain, were shocked to learn that they will not be paid any cash by the EPL side till January 2015, when the youngster would have clocked 18.

This has now forced the Iheanachos to
explore the possibilities of the boy opting for
Portuguese champions FC Porto, who have
also tabled an offer for him and were at a
time favourites to land the highly-promising
forward.

His mentor at Taye Academy, Kennedy Echenwere, said the Eaglets star is currently in Lagos and has decided to
follow his heart and join FC Porto.

"Kelechi is in Lagos now, he has decided to
join FC Porto and not Manchester city,"
Echenwere told Brila FM on Tuesday.

Iheanacho senior said the family are still
trying to persuade the youngster to join
Manchester City.

Several efforts to reach the player on phone were unsuccessful as he did not pick up his call.