{"id":15305,"date":"2017-07-09T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=15305"},"modified":"2017-07-09T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T17:24:17","slug":"iheanacho-possible-n1-25b-leicester-city-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/iheanacho-possible-n1-25b-leicester-city-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Iheanacho in possible N1.25b Leicester City move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City and Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is close to making move worth \u00a325 million (about N1.25 billion) to former English Premier League champions Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>According to media reports on Thursday, the 20-year-old is in advanced talks with the Foxes and is thought to be well interested in making the switch.<\/p>\n<p>Iheanacho, who has been very impressive for the Super Eagles and since making his debut for Manchester City in 2015, has scored 21 goals in 64 games in all competitions.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He signed a new contract last August, which is to end in 2021, but saw his playing time limited by the arrival in January of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Source:NAN<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City and Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho is close to making move worth \u00a325 million (about N1.25 billion) to former English Premier League champions Leicester City. 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