Super Eagles interim coach, Austine Eguavoen has revealed that Kelechi Iheanacho’s inability to take his game to the next level was due to his misplaced role at Leicester City.
Eguavoen, who is expected to list Iheanacho in his provisional squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, told Elegbete TV that the technical crew will figure out his perfect role in the Super Eagles.
According to Eguavoen, Iheanacho has not been able to take his game to the next level because the former Manchester City striker plays two different roles at Leicester and Super Eagles.
“Iheanacho is okay, but the only little problem is in Leicester, he is playing a different position.
“He comes to Nigeria, he plays in a different position.”
“I think the sooner he settles for one position, I think the better for him.”
Recall that Leicester head coach, Brendan Rodgers, prefers to play Iheanacho upfront with another striker.
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Okay now I’m beginning to think Eguavoen is observant. Maybe afterall he might be a decent choice except for the retention of awful Alloy Agu and most Terrible Paul Aigbodun.
This is a coach who has eyes and very observant not Rohr who listens to clueless-crusaders. Iheanacho is never a centerforward, his major role in #8 (behind the striker). He’s very intelligent, clinical and can equally give killer passes. Pellegrini altered his style at Man City. Get a creative midfielder (#10) and play Iheanacho behind Osimhen or Awoniyi. This is not difficult to figure
You guys are just saying the same thing Rohr said, which he learnt from Brendan Rodgers and also fielding nacho is Super Eagles.
Nacho is struggling for game time and because he doesn’t receive enough good passes Thats all.
It is the same thing with Iwobi at Everton. There is nothing new Eguavoen or you guys have said. Period.
You can’t know Nacho more that Brendan Rodgers who sees him week in, week out
@Ben you’re contentious and truth be told there’s no time you’ve made any decent point. Stop stressing yourself when you have nothing to add.
Bro Iheanacho played in the No.10 role for Leicester a couple of times when Maddison was injured last season and it was disastrous….after the game vs Leeds Rodgers accepted blame for the big loss, in his words he said experimenting Kels in the AM role and he said Kels plays better as a supporting striker and most of the recent games he played under Rohr he played the SS role and still doesn’t play so well he’s first touch is terrible and he holds the ball too long. Hopefully Eguavoen will bring back the best in him
Iheanacho is a #8 not #10. That’s the role he played at U-17 while Chidiebere Nwakali played #10. Watch whenever he plays behind Vardy at Leiceste, he does well. His real position is #8; feeding from mistakes, clever-positioning or quick-reaction. Eguavon should search for a proper #10 (not the twerking-football Iwobi plays) and partner him with Nacho and Osimhen or Awoniyi.
Iheanacho is a delight to watch, I don’t believe in all this tale bearers. The fact that people forget so soon when he was given quality chance tells alot why your negative views should be disregarded.
Chima, pls bro don’t buy what the guy is selling these people are master con artists, Eguavoen has been coaching since 2000 with no major achievement,except winning a Yeye bronze in Afcon 2006, you guys should remember how he failed woefully in Finland 2003 with one the best assembled under 17,Siasia won silver with same boys with just some few additions in 2005 under 21.Let’s all take a chill pill let’s see is list, is fist game, is starting eleven, but for now is record doesn’t support all this wayo they’re putting out everyday.
He never failed in Finland,he was on same point as a south American team and it was decided on a toss of coin,how is that failure.
Finland squad was bereft of quality. Aside from Mikel and Haruna. Could he have done better, is another question entirely.
Haruna bawo….. Haruna did not play in the same u17 as mikel.. Haruna played in the 2009 u17
@footballfanatic… Haruna played in Japan/Korea 2007 U-17 team of late Yemi Tella. Toni Kroos was there for Germany and Bojan Krcic for Spain…
You are right it was 2007 not 2009..
You are right,that should be Ezekiel Bala
@Sunnyb although I’m an advocate of Amunike but Eguavoen is an upgrade to Rohr who invites Noble to Camp and help some players he likes to resurrect club career. I am not deceived all the same until we see one or two match line up of Eguavoen.
So you really think Rohr, who had always kicked against inviting local players due to how poor our league is would openly invite a goalkeeper who has been inactive for months? So Rohr who took his time to scout for uzoho and okoye would go and get noble?
Na wa o! This man has only done 8 days as super eagles boss but has given almost 20 press releases. What a record…It seems like they pay for the number of press release you grant…. Or it will help boost Nigeria’s FIFA ranking. wait…lemme goan ask my neighbor who was an ex coach of Plateau United. BRB…
It’s not his fault. Hold Complete Sports responsible for that. It only has to do with the way they
release their updates.
From the one interview he granted, different Media houses has being using different of his responses to form an everyday headline to draw traffic to their site courtesy of his office as Super Eagles interim Coach.
I will urge you all to support the Coach and criticize constructively when the need arises.
At this moment, all what the team needs is our moral support.
“Who is the ex coach” rather
I see eguavon doing great things with this badly coached super eagles,it will take him some time to clear the mess of genart rohr before molding them to become real super eagles
YOU DON’T NEED TO PLAY POLITIC OR SENTIMENT ON THE ISSUE OF FORM ON IHEANACHO. IF HE DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE IN AFCON BECAUSE OF LACK OF PLAYING TIME, THEN DROP HIM.
PLEASE DON’T USE FAVOURISM TO COVER FOR ONE PLAYER.THIS IS WHAT I FEAR ABOUT OUR LOCAL COACHES.MOST OF THEM ARE NOT SINCERE. THEY TOO LIKE FAVOURISM. ANY PLAYER THAT DOES HAVE REGULAR PLAYING TIME IN THEIR CLUBS SHOULD BE DROP. THIS TIME AROUND, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH.
SIMPLE !!!
This might be an unpopular opinion but Iheanacho doesn’t really merit a spot on the plane to Cameroon…Iheanacho only plays well as an SS in a 4-4-2 system even as inconsistent as Iwobi is he plays better in the No.10 role. Iheanacho is not mobile enough to be our playmaker. Playing Iheanacho in a 4-3-3 setup would also not work because Iheanacho can’t play alone at the top as a striker and he’s too slow to play on the wings(doesn’t have the legs to beat a player in a foot race on the wings. If Osimhen doesn’t go for Afcon then I really don’t see the role Iheanacho would play. Kels needs a fast striker with him yes (Vardy), a player that can keep the defenders busy while Iheanacho can operate on the spaces left by the defenders leave open. Just imho
THIS IS AN EXCUSE TO FAVOUR IHEANACHO FOR AFCON SQUAD. THANK GOD DURING YOUR OWN TIME AS A PLAYERS, DOES AMOKACHI, SIASIA, ADEPOJU NOT DIFFERENT ROLE FOR CLUBS AND COUNTRY. ARE THEY NOT PLAYING THE DIFFERENT ROLE WELL.
*** EVEN AS A COACH IN 2006, DOES UTAKA(7,8,9,11), OSAZE(8,9,7,11), OBODO(4,10), YOBO(2,4,5,6), NSOFOR(9,11) NOT PLAYING DIFFERENT ROLE FOR CLUBS AND COUNTRY. ARE THEY NOT PLAYING IT WELL.
*** WHY FAVOURISM, WHY NOT GO FOR PLAYERS THAT WILL GIVE YOU RESULTS AND HAVE REGULAR PLAYING TIME. I KNOW FOR SURE THAT, ALL YOU LOCAL COACHES ARE ALL SENTIMENTAL.
Iheanacho already has 11 goals (eleven goals) for Super Eagles and still counting, how many goals did the players you mentioned score for Super Eagles??? What exactly is your definition of ‘playing well’??? Not qualifying for ordinary Afcon twice? Abegi
The message was very cryptic. He is just trying to tell Kelechi to find a new club where he would be accepted for who he is.
Finally, someone who thinks outside the box. Kudos