Representatives of First Eleven Manage-ment have arrived in the United Kingdom to attend a court hearing over a breach of contract by Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and English-based agency Stellar Group.

Zabaleta & Iheanacho

Despite suggestions that Manchester City and Leicester City are still in talks over the signing of the Nigeria international, an agreement was reached long ago but the Foxes have been instructed not to announce his signing until a judgement is passed.

Kelechi Iheanacho has offered to pay his former agents 540,000 pounds (equivalent of N254 million) as out-of-court settlement, but the American based agency are demanding three million pounds (N1.4 billion) or nothing before they wash their hands off the case.

The Super Eagles star was alleged to have got himself into this mess by signing an agreement with Stellar Group despite having an existing contract with First Eleven Management.

Iheanacho was convinced to tear up his contract with First Eleven Management by some Nigerian-based agents in England (names withheld) and one of  his friends who used to work for the American agency without pay.

The friend , who lives in the same house with Iheanacho, used to drive the striker to training shortly after he joined the Manchester City Academy.

He worked against First Eleven Management after he was financially compensated to the tune of 100,000 pounds by individuals claiming to represent Stellar Group.

Mindful of the fact that they could be banned from doing football business, Stellar Group have claimed that Kelechi Iheanacho approached them, and not the other way around.