West Ham Emerge As Front Runners To Snap Up Iheanacho

West Ham have made a bid for Manchester City's £20million-rated striker Kelechi Iheanacho according to Dailymail.

The 20-year-old has left Nigeria's training camp in Paris and took a return flight to Manchester on Saturday evening as he looks to sort out his future.

Iheanacho also has interest from Leicester, Everton, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion plus clubs in the Bundesliga. City want to insert a buy-back option into any transfer.

After a season where many expected Iheanacho to kick on after an impressive breakthrough under ex-manager Manuel Pellegrini the striker has found playing time hard to come by.

Pep Guardiola entrusted Iheanacho with just five league starts with the youngster finding himself behind Sergio Aguero and mid-season arrival Gabriel Jesus in the pecking order.

Despite that limited opportunity Iheanacho still managed seven goals and three assists, with those strikes coming at an average rate of one every 128 minutes.

With value for money goalscorers a commodity always cherished by Premier League clubs it is hardly a surprise such a promising forward is in such high demand.