Princek12:

Don't mind Nigerians...they do not know how to give the youth a chance. Many of them were saying he should wait for his time and that he was too young.

If you are good, you are good, irrespective of your age. Nigerians need to learn that. Everything in their life is always about someone being a small boy. Very useless people.

Iheneacho and Awoniyi on that squad would have infused energy, speed, and a lethal attack to our team.

The goal Iheanacho scored yesterday would have been missed by everyone in the Super Eagles squad. They would still be trying to dribble or would be too scared to strike.

arsetalks: This lad is good but his agent and parents need to have their heads checked. How on earth they let money push them into selling him to Manchester City I do not know. At Manchester City, no matter how good he is, he will not be allowed to play regular first team football because they will keep buying supposed stars who will keep getting ahead of him regardlessof how much talent he has.

Same thing is happening to Omeru at Chelsea, Lukaku at Chelsea and Isco at Madrid.

Some will argue his family need the money, they could have sold him for a cheaper price to Porto or Arsenal but by playing regularly, he would have become better and end up making more money on the long run. So disgusting.

komekn:

MRI tests are indicative not absolute they give an age range not a definitive result. depending on a range of factors such as genetic disposition, nutrition, bone density, etc a 22 year old can easily pass.

Consider Abuchi Obinwa born in the USA 16 years old but failed a Nigerian MRI scan and rejected by the NFA for U17 eaglets, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT

See link to further info he was even scouted by Real Madrid -now look at the face of a real u17 - NUFF SAID

http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/130918/Abuchi_Obinwa_named_in_US_U18_squad

arsetalks: This lad is good but his agent and parents need to have their heads checked. How on earth they let money push them into selling him to Manchester City I do not know. At Manchester City, no matter how good he is, he will not be allowed to play regular first team football because they will keep buying supposed stars who will keep getting ahead of him regardlessof how much talent he has.

Same thing is happening to Omeru at Chelsea, Lukaku at Chelsea and Isco at Madrid.

Some will argue his family need the money, they could have sold him for a cheaper price to Porto or Arsenal but by playing regularly, he would have become better and end up making more money on the long run. So disgusting.

sethken:

Man City knows that he is a special talent. How are we sure City did not splash millions to get him to append his signature. He will break into the first team before too long. I continue to believe that if Keshi had given him a chance in Brazil he would have been a difference maker. There is no justification for leaving him out of the world cup team. Keshi would have done himself a lot of good taking Ihenacho and Kalu Uche to the world cup, but o well hindsight.

For once I am beginning to believe that Keshi is not progressive minded. He had a chance to set himself apart, and attract possible suitors from around the world he blew it.

joseph1013:


In terms of their importance to the team right now, talking from the position of someone close to the team, Isaac Success, Ifeanyi Matthew, Musa Mohammed, Bernard Bulbwa (when fully fit), are ahead of Kelechi.

Boys like Nwakali, Eze, Muazam, Yahaya, Awoniyi, Iheanacho are the ones on the same pedestral.

See how fastinating this set is?!

sethken:

You are absolutely on point. I think Keshi should be fired by the NFF. There is absolutely no reason why a talent such as Ihenacho should have been excluded from the national team. He is a far superior talent than anyone else Keshi took to the mundial. He probably took certain players to the world cup to get a cut of an eventual transfer fee. Adebayo of Togo made similar allegations against Keshi when he was with the Togolese national team. I believe those allegations were not unfounded. Keshi should make up his mind. He should either coach or become a player's agent, and not both. He stands to pocket a lot of money if he is a successful coach who is result orientated. Why not focus on coaching? If he is known as an excellent coach, money and offers from around the world will flood in.

supereasy: That Man is Not 17, 9ja Can Lie:::

emiye: The boy is good, nevertheless must be allowed to wait for his time. If he is hurried up before his due time, the results will be catastrophic. Even Jesus Christ waited for his time(age 30)to start his ministry, although he started showing flashes of precocity at age 12.

Kelechi's invite to the super eagles should come on the heels of validated club success, that might be at least 1 full year from now.

sethken:


Why wait for a year if you can tap into the budding talents such as the ones displayed by this young man. There is nothing out there that says he must play for Nigeria at the senior level despite his Nigerian citizenship. If we ignore him for too long a foreign nation may convince him to lace his boots for them. The likes of Pele and Michael Owens started very young for their respective nations. Klinsman took a 17 year old to this past world cup. His first touch was a goal that almost saw the US leveling scores with Belgium. Abedi Pele of Ghana started playing for the Ghanian national team in his final year of high school. He was 17 years old at the time. Ihenacho would have been a difference maker if he had played against France. Nigeria was one player away from winning that match. Ihenacho is like a lamp sitting on a hilltop in the dark that cannot be hidden. He will only get better. He is ones in a generation kind of player. He is in the league of the Kanu's, and the Okocha's of the world. He was clearly head above shoulders in his game last night against Kansas City FC. The commentators could not stop signing his praises. I for one was very surprised. His passes and shots on goal were superb. His goal seemed so effortless for a player of his age and maturity.

pazienza:


Importance to the team? Maybe, as that depends on who is the coach and his tactical approach. But on individual talent, Iheanachor is clearly and currently on a class of his own amongst those bunch.

sheylarhh:
typical Nigerians wit dere insults ontop small mata... Compare ur luk and stature wen u were 17yrs of age wit iheanacho current luk,, den tell me wu is proofless

chelseabmw: I watched the game and im so sure he wouldn't be going out on loan this season, with his performance this morning....

Iheanacho as you dey hot like this, you better nor score against my chelsea ... na there I go for get problem with you...Arsenal n other clubs dey there for u ....lol


Nice game man and he actually played the full game

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Pazienza, check this out:

No automatic F/Eagles shirt for Iheanacho warns Manu

Despite his eye-catching display for English Premier League champions Manchester City, Kelechi Iheanacho will not just walk into the starting XI of the Nigeria U20 team, according to coach Manu Garba.

Iheanacho, 17, scored to crown a superb Manchester City debut in a 4-1 pre-season win over Sporting Kansas City in the United States of America on Thursday.

Manu has said the MVP of the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup is good enough to feature for European champions Real Madrid, but at the same time insisted he is not guaranteed a place in his star-studded youth team, when they host Lesotho in another AYC qualifier next month.

“Kelechi does not have an automatic shirt in my team. He has to come and prove himself in training before I can pick him,” Manu told AfricanFootball.com

“Besides there are equally other talented strikers in my team like Isaac Success, Alhassan Ibrahim ‘Muazam’, Taiwo Awoniyi. So, it will always the best who will make my team.”

True to his word, Manu benched the Manchester City starlet in both legs when the Flying Eagles recently dumped their Tanzanian counterparts in the qualifying series for the 2015 African Youth Championship in Senegal.

He was a 46th minute replacement for ‘Muazam’, when the Flying Eagles trounced Tanzania 4-1 in Kaduna, same as it was two weeks earlier in Dar es Salaam, when the Nigeria U20s won 2-0.

Courtesy 'AfricanFootball.com'
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