{"id":714,"date":"2021-04-03T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betagamers.net\/blog\/?p=714"},"modified":"2021-04-03T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T13:38:50","slug":"tunde-young-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betagamers.net\/blog\/tunde-young-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelechi Iheanacho signs new contract with Leicester City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a new contract with Leicester City that will keep him at King Power Stadium until 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new deal caps off the best month of his professional football career in which he scored 7 goals in 4 matches for Leicester and was named the Premier league&#8217;s player of the month for March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/betagamers.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/images-36.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betagamers.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/images-36.jpeg 573w, https:\/\/betagamers.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/images-36-300x235.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iheanacho has been with the Foxes since the summer of 2017 when he joined from Manchester City, but he&#8217;s only just starting to establish himself as a key player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t express how I\u2019m feeling. I\u2019m excited, I\u2019m happy, I\u2019m overwhelmed! It\u2019s a great moment and I\u2019m happy that Leicester City gave me a new contract,\u201d Iheanacho told the club website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a great time here. It\u2019s not been easy, but there\u2019s a lot of people here that are good people, great people to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They are nice people and they make me feel comfortable and welcome since I came in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really great being here. It\u2019s like a family. 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