Despite being left on the bench for all 90 minutes of Wednesday’s 1-1 draw away to Everton, Leicester City of England attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho has received a vote of confidence from The Foxes’ coach, Brendan Rodgers to fill the vacuum created by another injury to the club’s top scorer, Jamie Vardy.
Megasportsarena.com can report that, though many of the former English Premier League champions’ fans are apprehensive of how The Foxes will sustain their ongoing title chase without Vardy, Rodgers is quit to point out that he can rely on Iheanacho to bell the cat.
The former Swansea City and Liverpool of England as well as ex-Celtic of Scotland gaffer went on to name Iheanacho among the attack-minded players he will be counting on to provide cover for the injured Vardy, who will have a minor operation for a hernia issue.
While the procedure will effectively rule Vardy out for the foreseeable future, starting with last Sunday’s the trip to Brentford Town in the FA Cup as well as English Premier League matches with Everton, Leeds United and Fulham, Rodgers enthused that ‘Kelele’ can be counted out to deliver while his top scorer is out on the sidelines.
With Vardy injured, speculation linking Iheanacho with a possible loan move to RB Leipzig of Germany this month has suddenly faded, and he is now expected to be handed more playing time; though the Super Eagles star has made only eight starts from 18 appearances.
His statistics across all competitions for The Foxes this term includes five games in the UEFA Europa League, but the former Columbus Crew of America and Manchester City of England youngster could now be heading for a new lease of life at King Power Stadium.
It is now left to the UAE 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup gold medalist and most valuable player to rise to the occasion, after Rodgers said he was confident his side would cope without Vardy, one of the few remaining players still at the club from their title-winning side of 2016.
Rodgers declared: “It will help the area repair. He can’t hold it off for much longer, there’s a lot of time in the season for him to make an impact. When you don’t have one of the best striker’s in the league around, it’s disappointing.
“We always try to rely on the collective; the group has always been able to find results. I’ve got other great strikers -– Ayoze Perez is and Kelechi Iheanacho.”
