Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi, has said that there will be no second chance for the 2013 FIFA U-17 Golden Ball Award winner, Kelechi Iheanacho in the Super Eagles Team B currently preparing for CHAN in South Africa.

According to Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi, the youngster has missed one week training with the team since he opted to leave camp to sign for English club, Manchester City.

The Manchester City offer seem not to be falling in line for the young lad and his representatives has started looking for other options.

But Keshi explained that Iheanacho had a bright chance of making the Super Eagles squad for the Chan which kicks off on January 11 after impressing while in camp.

“Kelechi did really impress us and at the time he was in camp with us he had started getting used to our style of play, the players and officials. In fact he had starting bonding well on and off the pitch with other players. Unfortunately when the call came that he was going abroad to sign a deal for Manchester City I couldn’t have stopped him since he had the backing of his family.

“Right now he’s not part of our plans for the Chan because we’ve gone ahead with our preparation and team-building without him. And mind you he has lost one week of training and that’s a big gap to catch up with.

“There are other players in camp who are committed and we will have to work with them and get the best out of them for the tournament,” said the Nigerian manager.

The Nigerian squad will continue their pre-Chan programme with a friendly against a Port Harcourt selected team this Saturday and round off with another game against the nation’s top flight champions, Kano Pillars next week.

Fellow U-17 winners, Dele Alampasu and Taiwo Awoniyi remain in the Super Eagles camp and they have brighter chances of going to South Africa for the CHAN.