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Iheanacho: Does one-time U-17 World Cup hero still have a role at Leicester?

Brendan Rodgers has barely needed the Nigeria international so far this season, and it remains to be seen how and where he fits in at East Midlands

It's poignant that, as the U-17 World Cup kicks off in Brazil this weekend, one player who made his name at the tournament recently appears to have lost his way in a career that once promised so much.

Kelechi Iheanacho's career was predicted to take a glittering route after his U-17 World Cup heroics with Nigeria in 2013, but it hasn't panned out that way.

Then 17, the forward's six goals and seven assists guided the Golden Eaglets to a fourth success, and the teenager deservedly claimed the Golden Ball.