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| Mikel and Iheanacho |
MANCHESTER City
starlet Kelechi Iheanacho is now the top Nigeria earner in the Premier League
on £85,000-a-week to knock off Chelsea star Mikel Obi.
This month, Iheanacho signed a new two-year
contract extension at City till 2021, saying his new contract will “change the
lives of his family”. Mikel, who moved to England 10 years ago, has been the
biggest earner from Nigeria for many years and he is now on 70,000 pounds a
week at Stamford Bridge. The midfielder’s compatriot at ‘The Blues’, Victor
Moses bagged a 50,000 pounds-a-week when he joined Chelsea from Wigan Athletic
in 2012. Watford striker Odion Ighalo is believed to have improved on his
25,000 pounds-a-week after he recently signed a contract extension. Defender
Kenneth Omeruo is on 15,000 pounds every week even though he has yet to play an
official match for Chelsea. It was further gathered that Iheanacho’s new
handlers negotiated this bumper deal even though they are still locked in an
ownership tussle with the player’s previous representatives, who are based in
the United States of America. Iheanacho’s former agents had proposed a new
contract of 50,000 pounds-a-week for the 19-year-old forward. He earned less
than 18,000 pounds-a-week when he first joined Manchester City.
