Kelechi Iheanacho wants pay-rise to TEN times his current £15,000-a-week wages

Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho wants a new deal worth £150,000-a-week. 

Kelechi's advisers believe he has earned parity at least with team-mate Raheem Sterling, on the basis that Iheanacho’s emergence has saved the Blues from having to spend big on a new striker this summer. 

They also feel he has proven himself superior to Wilfried Bony , who has flopped since his £28million move to the Etihad from Swansea 17 months ago. 

Manchester City fully recognise Iheanacho’s value and are set to reward him with a vastly-improved deal once a contract wrangle over who represents him is resolved. 

Iheanacho has graduated to the first team and scored 13 goals so far in this his debut senior campaign. 

Sterling , who signed from Liverpool for a package totalling £49million last summer, has netted 11 times in his first season with City. 

Bony, who earns £100,000-a-week plus a £20,000-per-game bonus, has managed only eight goals this season and a total of ten in all competitions. 

Many of Iheanacho’s scores have come off the bench, which means he already has one of the best goals per minutes ratios in Europe. 

The 19-year-old has also played in both legs of their Champions League semi-final loss to Real Madrid. The Nigeria International currently earns £15,000-a-week.