Court halts Iheanacho’s N8.1bn Leicester City move

The hope of Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho to secure a
successful transfer to Leicester City from Manchester City may have
hit the rocks as a result of a tribunal sitting in Manchester which
ruled against his wish in the battle over his image right.

According to owngoal.com, US Based First Eleven are in court
with Iheanacho’s preferred management team Stellar Group over his
image right, with the City forward approaching the court to
validate his decision to terminate his contract with First
Eleven.

The 20 year old handed his ‎image right to the company in July
2015 when he clocked 18, although First Eleven claim to have been
managing his image rights since 2013.

Per a ruling by a tribunal in Manchester, ‎Iheanacho’s plea to
have his contract terminated with First Eleven in favour of a
switch to Stellar group was rejected by the club, with the US based
company also confirmed by the court as the real owners of his image
rights.

The ruling has put a halt to Iheanacho’s proposed 29 million
pounds (about N8.1billion) move to Leicester City from Manchester
City which was brokered by Stellar group, and not the management
team confirmed by the court.

However there are chances that the case will be settled between
the parties for the sake of his move to Leicester City to come to
pass, Owngoalnigeria.com gathered from sources close to the
player.

The hope of Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho to secure a
successful transfer to Leicester City from Manchester City may have
hit the rocks as a result of a tribunal sitting in Manchester which
ruled against his wish in the battle over his image right.

According to owngoal.com, US Based First Eleven are in court
with Iheanacho’s preferred management team Stellar Group over his
image right, with the City forward approaching the court to
validate his decision to terminate his contract with First
Eleven.

The 20 year old handed his ‎image right to the company in July
2015 when he clocked 18, although First Eleven claim to have been
managing his image rights since 2013.

Per a ruling by a tribunal in Manchester, ‎Iheanacho’s plea to
have his contract terminated with First Eleven in favour of a
switch to Stellar group was rejected by the club, with the US based
company also confirmed by the court as the real owners of his image
rights.

The ruling has put a halt to Iheanacho’s proposed 29 million
pounds (about N8.1billion) move to Leicester City from Manchester
City which was brokered by Stellar group, and not the management
team confirmed by the court.

However there are chances that the case will be settled between
the parties for the sake of his move to Leicester City to come to
pass, Owngoalnigeria.com gathered from sources close to the
player.