Nigeria teen forward Kelechi Iheanacho who wears jersey number 72 at Manchester City and scored the winning goal for the team in their 1-0 win has been praised and spoken about at length after that goal.
However one part that has been omitted by the media concerns his choice of jersey number 72 as against his preferred number 9 jersey which is presently vacant.
It would be recalled while playing for the team Elite squad last season the Nigerian wore the number 9 shirt in all of the games he featured for the team.
An explanation from Mowizsoccer has it that in English Football the jersey number 9 at senior level has to be earned and the Nigerian a low key signing is into his first season with the team and is yet to prove he deserves the shirt.
On his part the Nigerian made up for the fact that he can't get his favourite number by adding 7+2 = 9 which gives him nine hence his choice of number 72.
He is not the first to have done same as Ivan Zamorano while at Inter Milan once wore 1+8 which gives you 9 mathematically after losing his favourite shirt to Ronaldo De Lima.
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