Kelechi Iheanacho has spoken of his desire to stay
and fight for his future at Manchester City despite
strong links of a move to West Ham.
Iheanacho has fallen down the pecking order at the
Etihad Stadium under Pep Guardiola, with Sergio
Aguero and Gabriel Jesus City's preferred forwards.
Reports in the British media have suggested that
the Hammers are in advanced talks to seal a
£20million deal for the Nigeria striker.
The 20-year-old was restricted to just five Premier
League starts last term, but Iheanacho insists he
has no plans to seek pastures new.
Asked by BBC World Football podcast if he will be
at City next season, he replied: "Definitely.
"I don't know about that news [regarding a move].
All I know is that I'm still at Manchester City, I'm
still a Manchester City player so all the news that's
going on about teams wanting to buy me, I try not
to know about that.
"People will go on holiday and we will see. It's not
only me that hasn't been playing, there are other
players.
"The manager rotates the players and squad so
that everyone gets game time. So I shouldn't be
complaining that I'm not getting games.
"We are one squad and we are a full squad so
everyone is not going to be playing at the same
time."
Iheanacho did admit, though, that last season did
not go to plan for him or the team, with City
missing out on silverware in Guardiola's maiden
campaign at the helm.
"When you are playing well and doing well in the
team you expect to play more," he added.
"But unfortunately it didn't go as planned so we did
not get to get any silverware this season but we
really fight like a team.
"It is not the season we really wanted but it wasn't
a bad season for our team. What we will do is go
back and prepare for next season and make sure
we get silverware next season."
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