Nigeria U15 coach <span class="st">Danladi Nasidi has revealed that Manchester City were tracking the progress of Kelechi Iheanacho four years before he penned a preliminary contract with the Etihad outfit.<br /><br />The Citizens could not reach an agreement with representatives of the Nigeria international in 2010 because he was a minor and the Nigeria Football Federation blocked the move.<br /><br /></span><span>&ldquo;Manchester City came for Kelechi Iheanacho in 2010 after he won the top scorer award in a tournament we participated in the United Kingdom. He has been my highest goalscorer since the U13, </span><span><span><span>&rdquo;Nasidi told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span>&ldquo;About 20 clubs participated in the competition, City wanted to sign most of these players but the NFF refused to reach an agreement.<br /><br /></span><span>&ldquo;I have been told two teams are interested in signing Kelechi now. He is doing fine in Man City, I want him to stay and grow with City before moving to another club.</span><span><span><span>&rdquo;<br /><br />It is thought that Iheanacho struggled to replicate his earlier performances for the national team in Nigeria</span></span></span>&rsquo;s World Cup qualifier versus Algeria, and one of the coaches that nurtured him has explained that he was played out of position by manager Rohr. <br /><br /><span>&ldquo;Kelechi is not a number nine, he doesn</span>&rsquo;t like defenders to mark him. He is a supporting striker, sometimes I played him as a winger, from the left.<br /><br /><span>&ldquo;I also played him in the midfield, he takes shots because he is free in midfield. If you put him as a top striker, he won</span>&rsquo;t be able to shoot. <br /><br /><span>&ldquo;I think he did well against Algeria. The attention was on him as a number nine and he carried the defenders away from their positions and that</span>&rsquo;s why Moses scored two goals, <span><span><span>&rdquo; Nasidi concluded. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel<br /><br />Photo Credit : mancity.com <br /></span></span></span>