Iheanacho, who is winning the award for the first time, scored 8 goals for the Foxes in all competitions in the past season
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho has been named Leicester City’s best player of the 2022/23 season.
This was disclosed via the Championship club’s official website.
He follows in the footsteps of James Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Ricardo Pereira, who won the award in the past three seasons.
Iheanacho scored eight goals for the Foxes in all competitions over the course of the past season.
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The 24-year-old, who is winning the award for the first time, netted decisive goals in wins over Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
However, despite bagging an assist in the club’s 2-1 win against West Ham United on the last day of the season, it was not enough to keep the club in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Iheanacho is hoping for a quick return to the EPL for Leicester. “I’m so disappointed,” Iheanacho told LCFC TV at full-time. “I have no words. I don’t know what to say.
“I just say thanks to everyone at the Football Club, the fans and everyone that supported us right from the start to now. If life kicks you, you need to stand up and keep going. We’ll try to keep going, stay strong, and hopefully, we’ll get back up.”
“It’s a bad time for the Club and for everyone,” the attacker added. “We can’t go back now, thinking about it. We have to move forward. The fans were really amazing today. Even at the end, they were clapping and trying to support us. It’s a hard one, going down, so I just want to thank them for all their support and everything they’ve done.
“They supported the Club right from the start. We’ll try our best to come back up.”
