Nottingham Forest open talks with Leicester City over the signing of Kelechi Iheanacho

ENGLISH Premier League side Nottingham Forest have held preliminary talks with local rivals Leicester City over the signing of striker Kelechi Iheanacho during the forthcoming summer transfer window.

Iheanacho, 26, joined Leicester City from Manchester City in 2017. Leicester paid a reported fee of £25m for the striker who has since scored 55 goals in 206 total appearances for the club, with five of those goals coming in 28 Premier League appearances last season, although this was not enough to prevent the Foxes from getting relegated.

Currently away on international duty with Nigeria where he scored in the 3-2 win over Sierra Leone last Sunday, Iheanacho is now a Nottingham Forest forget. Talks between Iheanacho and Forest have accelerated in recent days and more talks are expected to hold this week with Forest soon expected to table a formal bid.

Iheanacho has been a good player for Leicester over the years, scoring a lot of goals for them, with some important ones down the line too but now it looks like he could be ready for a new challenge. He is out of contract in 2024 and so now is perhaps the best time for the Foxes to make back some of that £25m they paid for him way back in 2017.

A move to Forest would be a good one for Iheanacho as it would mean he does not have to relocate too far and it would also give him a Premier League lifeline ahead of next season. Singing for Forest would also allow him to link up with compatriots Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis, although the latter is reported to be on his way out.