Manchester City put hold on forward's contract talks

Steve Dede 11:34 - 11 January 2016

The contract talks are being put on hold due to a legal tussle between the two agents of the 19-year-old

Manchester City have put hold on the contract talk of Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho over the disagreements between two agents representing him.

Iheanacho is currently caught in a war between two agents who are fighting over the ownership of the youngster.

According to Daily Sun, Iheanacho who is signed for First Eleven, a management company signed with another Madrid bases outfit which manages Welsh star, Gareth Bale.

First Eleven are now threatening to take the Madrid based management firm to court for trying to snatch their client.

The legal tussle is now an obstacle between Manchester City and the player as First Eleven Management, who secured Iheanacho his first City deal, had asked the Football Association arbitration to cancel a new management contract, which Iheanacho signed with UK-based Stellar Group.

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This tussle could well boil over to a civil court battle between the two high-profile agents.

“Talks over a new contract for Kelechi have been suspended until the FA arbitration decides on who his agents are," Daily Sun quotes a top source.

"First Eleven who first managed him have asked for the FA to cancel a new management contract the player has entered with Stellar Group,” a top source informed.

“It is only after the decision by arbitration that the situation will be a lot clearer. But even then, this could go all the way to the courtroom the way things are going.”