Iheanacho topples Mikel as Eagles highest
earner
Earns £85,000-a-week
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.
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