Champions League squad.
The 19-year-old who has been in fine form for the Citizen
this season replaces Sami Nasri who has been ruled out of
the competition.
“Yes, Kelechi will be in the Champions League squad. I told
Samir Nasri i would take him out of the list as he needs two
months more to be fit. We need Kelechi now as Bony is
injured too. We couldn’t take the risk to go into the last 16
game with just Kun,” Pellegrini confirmed to club’s website.
“It’s always difficult to tell a player he will not continue in the
list but Samir understood perfectly that he needs at least
two months more.
“It wouldn’t have been easy for him to recover his best
performance in that length of time. “We needed another
striker and Kelechi is in a good moment.
“Kelechi is one player in our squad - it’s important when
young players have the option to show why they’re an
important player. He will continue trying to fight to start
every game. For me, as a manager, you have to work with
the whole squad as we have to play so many games.
“It’s important for everyone, not just for the players but for
the club who’ve invested a lot of money in the training
ground to have players arriving from the Academy into the
first-team.
“It’s important to bring young players into the first-team but
they must be good players so that we continue to be a
competitive team,” he concluded.
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