2 days after scoring a stunner for Leicester City, Nigerian star shows off swimming skills during training

2 days after scoring a stunner for Leicester City, Nigerian star shows off swimming skills during training

Oluwatomiwa Babalola
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:50 PM

- Kelechi Iheanacho shows off swimming skills during Leicester training

- The 24-year-old stunned Daniel Amartey with his freestyle moves in the pool

- Iheanacho scored an astonishing goal for Leicester City against Burnley a couple of days ago

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Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho flaunts his swimming skills during one of Leicester City training sessions this week.

The 24-year-old who scored a stunning goal for the Foxes in their Premier League 1-1 draw against Burnley showed off his semi-professional skills in the pool.

While putting his freestyle strokes into a display, his teammate Daniel Amartey was watching and the Super Eagles attacker took time out to teach the onlooker techniques of the game.

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After a brief chat with the 26-year-old, Iheanacho dived back into the waters and made a few other moves before the short clip elapsed.

Kelechi Iheanacho flaunts swimming skills during Leicester City training
Kelechi Iheanacho's superb volley for Leicester City helped them avoid defeat against Burnley at Turf Moor. Photo by Jon Super/PA Images.
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The former Manchester City striker appears to be enjoying himself at the King Power Stadium as he is working towards helping them clinch the Champions League ticket.

Kelechi whose deal with Leicester expires in the summer of 2022 has scored six times and created four other assists in 25 appearances so far this campaign.

The 2019 AFCON bronze medal winner also has a series of comedy he does with his compatriot Wilfred Ndidi where the forward plays the character Seniorman Kelz.

They have been able to put up a few comical contents and so many are still expected from them in the coming days.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho was the hero for Leicester City after scoring to help them stalemate Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday, March 3.

The 24-year-old forward fired home an unstoppable volley into Nick Pope's net in the 34th minute to seal as the two sides played a 1-1 draw at the end of the encounter.

Iheanacho made a run towards The Clarets' 18-yeard box after spotting his countryman Wilfred Ndidi looking to send in a long ball from his half.

Oluwatomiwa is a sports editor with Legit.ng. He has over eight years of field and office experience in the media industry. He graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in 2014 with HND in Mass Communication. Connect with him on Twitter @TomiwaBabalola.

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