It’s time for Leicester City to let go of seasoned foreign players this summer: Look at

It appears that Kelechi Iheanacho will be leaving Leicester City after seven years of service.

Although Kelechi Iheanacho’s performances had nothing to do with Leicester City’s dominance of the Championship table for the majority of the season, the team has impressed thus far this year.

The Foxes are leading the Championship and are six points ahead of their closest competitors in second place after Leeds United narrowed the gap last Friday. The Nigerian international has been confined to a bit part role this season.

Leicester has looked solid in their position despite the Whites and Ipswich Town chasing them closely, and you wouldn’t rule out the former Premier League winners getting back up to reclaim the Championship crown and promotion back to the Premier League.
It appears doubtful that Iheanacho will be on that team if they are promoted for the following campaign, thus it might be time to call it quits with the former Man City striker in the summer.
Just ten of the 19 times the Nigerian international has been in the Championship this season have been as a member of the starting 11.

Iheanacho also missed several Leicester games since he was playing in the African Cup of Nations, where his country, Nigeria, tragically lost to the Ivory Coast in the championship match. This is despite the fact that he was injured prior to the event.

Iheanacho has recently found himself at the bottom of Leicester’s hierarchy, even when he is healthy and available. Jamie Vardy, Patson Daka, and Tom Cannon all seem to be preferred when healthy, and he was even left out of the squad for last week’s victory over Leeds due to Vardy’s injury.

Iheanacho is not even close to making up for the anticipated £80,000 per week contract he signed with the club in 2021, despite his reasonable goal return of five goals in 19 outings.
The forward should be allowed to depart the team in the summer on a free transfer because he has never truly lived up to the £25 million that Leicester paid Man City for his services back in 2017.

Even if they are promoted back to the Premier League as predicted, there doesn’t seem to be much desire to keep him at King Power Stadium beyond the end of the current campaign.

Additionally, it is obvious that the Foxes can obtain far better value for their money by ignoring Iheanacho given that Tom Cannon, who was signed last summer, looks to play a significant role in the team’s future.

At the end of the season, nevertheless, there will be some worry regarding the club’s dearth of seasoned strikers.

In the event that Vardy leaves Leicester before his contract expires in the summer, the team might be persuaded to extend an offer to Iheanacho on new, improved terms.

To help them stay in the top division next year, Leicester should obviously pass on that decision and let Iheanacho go in order to free up funds to recruit a fresh striker capable of competing in the Premier League.

It is obvious that the Nigerian forward lacks the ability to lead the line at Leicester, as seen by his meagre 14 league goals in the last three seasons, and his influence at the highest level of English football was beginning to decline.

Even though he was a previous top division striker and seasoned international for Nigeria, he hasn’t demonstrated enough in recent years to warrant his salary at Leicester.
Aside from the 2020–21 season, when he scored 12 league goals in just 25 games, he has not demonstrated the consistency that one would expect from a player earning the projected earnings that he receives at King Power Stadium.