Kelechi Iheanacho becomes Nigeria's highest paid footballer

Manchester City and Super Eagles of Nigeria youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho

Manchester City and Super Eagles of Nigeria youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho is now Nigeria’s highest paid footballer in the English Premier League, and indeed all of Europe, as he now earns an £85,000-a-week (N42m) .

With his new bumper pay, Iheanacho has eclipsed Super Eagles skipper John Mikel Obi who has long been Nigeria’s highest football earner following his move to Chelsea 10 years ago and is presently on £70,000 (N38m) a week.
This comes after the 19-year-old, Iheanacho, signed a new two-year contract extension that will keep him at the Etihad until 2021.
While describing the new and improved deal as a “dream come true”, Iheanacho said he could now “change the lives” of his family.
Following a string of outstanding displays in his 2015/16 seasonbreakout year, his agents had initially demanded a staggering 150,000 pounds-a-week deal, a massive shift from his modest 18,000 pounds-a-week pay when he first joined the club, Vanguard writes.