English Premier League giants Manchester City are haggling over the €5.7 million transfer fee placed on the head of Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali.
The Citizens have been tracking the performance of Nwakali since the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and invited him to England after the tournament in Niger Republic to be shown around the club’s facilities.
If City had initially hesitated to sign the 17 - year - old, those doubts were ended once and for all after the teenager was awarded the Golden Ball at the 2015 Fifa Under 17 World Cup.
This website understands that his Nigerian Academy have inserted some performance - related clauses into the proposed contract that stipulates that Manchester City will fork out a hefty sum to the nursery team if Kelechi Nwakali makes his debut for the first team.
West Ham are the other English Premier League club being linked with a move for the central midfielder but are certain to lose out if it comes to a bidding war, given the financial muscle of the Etihad outfit.
Kelechi Nwakali found the net 3 times in Chile, including 2 goals from the penalty spot.