Super Eagles’ boss, Gernot Rohr has disclosed that Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho is lacking confidence ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.

Iheanacho scored only two goals from 35 games in all competitions for the English Premier League (EPL) side this past season.

The 22-year-old striker has also failed to net in his last 10 matches for Nigeria's Super Eagles, but he has been included in the country's provisional squad for the 2019 AFCON finals.

In the words of Rohr to the media: ''Kelechi Iheanacho changed, he's now much more quiet. He's working seriously but he's lacking confidence because he didn't play so much.

''I went with my assistance Tunde to a game Leicester against Chelsea, I wanted to see him, he didn't even come in.

''I see that he's not happy but we want to make him happy, but we cannot give the players gifts, there's competition," he continued.

''We have a lot of wingers, we also have good center forwards now, and we have three, so really we are lucky to have all these good players because the other countries are searching for strikers.''

The last time Iheanacho scored for the Super Eagles was in November 2017 as they secured a 4-2 win over Argentina in a friendly match.