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Iheanacho named in City pre-season squad for
Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho has been named as part of a strong squad for Manchester City’s pre-season tour of Germany and China.
The club announced its 34-man squad for the trip yesterday and it included another Nigerian Tosin Adarabioyo.
Iheanacho would travel with the Citizens as they prepare to face Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United.
Manager Pep Guardiola will have the opportunity to take a closer look at the emerging talents like Adarabioyo, Bersant Celina, Manu Garcia and Aleix Garcia who will hope to make an impression.
Napoli rejected Atletico bid for Higuain
Napoli have rejected an offer from Atletico Madrid of €60 million “plus two or three players” for Gonzalo Higuain, according to club president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
The Argentina international’s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks, with Atletico, Juventus and Arsenal all heavily linked with an interest.
Juve held talks with their Serie A rivals over the striker this week, though De Laurentiis – who is demanding that any suitors meet Higuain’s €94m release clause – claimed the deal was dead in the water.