The Nigerian is wanted by West Ham but City want an option to buy him back.
Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho pulls up with a injury
West Ham United are currently looking to sign Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho from Manchester City. The 20-year-old talent does not appear to have a future at City under the management of Pep Guardiola and West Ham look like they are leading the race to sign the player, with a fee of £20 million being mentioned for the player.
But, as reported by the Daily Mail, a stumbling block appears to be City’s insistence on the presence of a buy-back clause in the deal.
Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scores their first goal
Such a deal should not however come as a surprise to the West Ham board, considering who is now running things at City.
Pep Guardiola is the manager with plenty of former Barcelona staff in the make-up at the Etihad. Buy-back clauses are extremely popular with Barcelona when it comes to selling their players and a similar deal for the City man is therefore no shock.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola
But it should not put West Ham off his potential signing. Iheanacho is a special talent and one that is worth signing, even if City might snatch him back at a profit to West Ham in the years to come.
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