Nigeria starlet Kelechi Iheanacho has revealed Sergio Aguero and Wilfried Bony have been pushing him in training so as to be a great player too.
On Tuesday night, Iheanacho, 19, scored his third goal for Manchester City to lift them to the semi-finals of the League Cup and afterwards he praised his more illustrious striking rivals for guiding him.
“They talk to me every day in training, giving me advise and encouraging me to keep going and doing well,” he said.
“They tell me I will be a great player one day, so I will keep listening and working hard,”
Iheanacho said he is not worried by his bit role at star-studded City because he a young player who is learning..
“City are a big team and I’m just coming up as a young player, so I’m not worried,” he insisted.
“One day I will start playing regularly for the team. There are plenty of good players in the EDS, and I feel like I’m flying the flag for them – they can do what I’m doing.”