Insider Dean Jones has insisted that Leicester City have to sell Kelechi Iheanacho this summer if he isn’t given enough game time in the coming months.
What’s the word?
On the weekend, the Foxes picked up a morale-boosting 4-2 away win over Aston Villa. New signing Tete netted on debut, while goals from James Maddison and Dennis Praet were also important.
However, Iheanacho stole the show with one goal of his own as well as two assists. His performance served as a reminder of his quality and posed the question: why hasn’t Brendan Rodgers started him more often. Indeed, up to this point in the Premier League season, the Nigerian has started just twice.
While speaking about the player on Chasing Green Arrows, Jones said it was “crazy” that the player hasn’t been able to fulfil his potential at Leicester and claimed he should leave in the summer if he isn’t afforded more opportunities to shine.
The insider said: “Look, if he doesn’t start getting a run between now and season, he’s got to leave. Like, it’s free Iheanacho time. He needs to be allowed to go and do what he needs to do.
“I mean, this was a guy that, when they burst onto the scene, him and [Marcus] Rashford were neck and neck. Like, who’s gonna be the superstar out of this team? There’s him on one side of town [at Manchester City], there’s Rashford on the other side of town, which one is going to score more goals in their career? Who’s going to be the biggest name?
“He just faded, you know? And it’s crazy that it’s ended up like this where he’s just an afterthought.”
Stalled career?
When he broke through at Man City, Iheanacho certainly did look to be a top talent. Indeed, in his first season of regular football, the striker netted eight league goals and claimed two assists in just 753 minutes of league football.
And after 29 goal contributions in 64 games for City, he then joined Leicester where he has struggled to quite fulfil his potential. For instance, even last year he only started 13 of his 26 league appearances for the club, netting four goals.
However, from time to time, he delivers great reminders of his talent – having netted the winner in the third and fourth rounds of the FA Cup this season – so perhaps it is time to see what he can do at a club where he will play more.
It’s certainly hard not to feel as though his best years are being wasted as an attacking “afterthought” for the Foxes under Rodgers.
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