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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