Megasportsarena.com can report that feelers from Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have revealed that Leicester City of England attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho has found favour in the heart of Super Eagles’ coach, Gernot Rohr, as the Franco-German gaffer has named the former Manchester City star in his squad list for Nigeria’s upcoming back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone.
A run of three goals in two matches, courtesy top form in the Carabao Cup and English FA Cup, plus an injury to Jamie Vardy, shot Iheanacho back into the mainframe at King Power Stadium, such that he got a rare starting spot again last weekend in the English Premier League, and his invitation for the March 27 and April 1st games against The Leone Stars was looming potentially.
Consequently, Rohr has decided to hand a recall to the forward he dropped from the squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and, although Iheanacho was called up for the friendly against Ukraine, which ended in a 2-2 draw in Kiev, he did not get to play, as he arrived the venue late.
Although Iheanacho appeared to have suffered a nasty knock last weekend, when he got a blow to the face in action for Leicester against his former club, Rohr has deemed the youngster good enough for a return to the national team, the scoop from Abuja has revealed.
A recall for the UAE 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup gold medalist and most valuable player would come on the grounds of his recent burst of goals with his club, which left many of his fans excited and critics stunned, but it was a return to scary days on Friday, as he ran into City’s goalkeeper, Ederson and the Nigerian lad needed treatment on the pitch.
Although Iheanacho returned to action for last part of the first half, he was said to be feeling ‘dodgy’ and eventually had to make way for Harvey Barnes at halftime, based on the advice of The Foxes’ medical team, which meant Iheanacho failed to complete an English Premier League match for the ninth time in the current campaign.
However, despite fear of possible time out on the sidelines for the Leicester star, Rohr has extended an invitation to Iheanacho for the Eagles upcoming games, as the tactician is said to have been impressed by the lad’s improvement over the past two months.
