What Happened To The Promising Iheanacho; Chukwueze's Needless Dilemma

The fast decline of Nigeria's golden boy winner at FIFA Under 17 World Cup in 2013 reached a new low on Monday at the Eithad Stadium.

Iheanacho had a big chance to get Leicester City back into the game but shot way off the post and failed to hit the target.

The miss generated frenzy reactions on social media with some jokingly accusing him of missing on purpose, others accused him of being unfit and lazy.

This was is not he first time Iheanacho has come under fire for his poor performance and fast decline.

Gernot Rohr, the Super Eagles coach, delivered a strong criticism on Iheanacho and accused him of unseriousness and questioned his professionalism.

The coach of Leicester City was quick to come to the defence of his number eight but since then nothing has changed.

Iheanacho has scored one goal in the 30 Premier League appearances this season and if there was any chance that he will be on the plane to Egypt come June, I believe that miss on Monday night quite buried any chance of him playing in AFCON for the the first time in his career.

Iheanacho trains on the same pitch with Maddison, Gray, Barnes,Ndidi and all these players have shown improvement in their games ever since they joined Leicester City and the ex-Man City starlet has not made any reasonable progress.

The 22-year-old has added weight, lacking confidence and out of sorts. Kelechi's decline is another pointer to the fact that talent is not enough, you need to have that inner desire and motivation to get better and he has clearly failed in all facets.

The way he casually shot the ball out on Monday night sums up everything wrong with his career at the moment.

Their is redemption for Iheanacho certainly as I believe he still has a long career ahead of him, personally I struggle to see what he brings to this Leicester City side and I doubt Brendan Rodgers will still maintain the faith he had in him two months ago.

I think Iheanacho should leave Leceister City and join one of the clubs in Portugal, France or Belgium that will take the spotlight away from him.

The promise Iheanacho showed four years ago is fast fading and the onus lies solely on Iheanacho to regain that promise and revive a once promising career

Chukwueze came out recently to say that he has not made a decision on whether to play in Poland for the Flying Eagles or in Egypt for the Super Eagles.

Villarreal have come to state that he can't participate in both tournaments. Understandably, Chukwueze and his advisers are looking at the body language of Rohr and his staunch loyalty to the group of players that secured the AFCON ticket for him.

Chukwueze has no business in Poland for me, he has been to an age grade competition before and emerged as one of the shinning lights of the tournament.

Chukwueze has 8 goals in all competitions for Villarreal this season and currently there is no Nigeria attacker that has what he brings the x-factor he provides when he steps on the pitch.

Chukwueze terrorized the defences of Barcelona, Real Madrid, so what else does he need to do.

The continent's best players will be on parade in Egypt come June, Nigeria needs it's best players in Egypt.

Chukwueze is one of our best players, he has to play in Egypt .