Musa on the Verge of Walking away from Leicester City
Super Eagles Vice Captain, Ahmed Musa, is believed to be considering dumping English Premiership champions Leicester City barely one year after signing a club record transfer to the Foxes.
The 24-year-old Nigerian forward joined Leicester from Russian side, CSKA Moscow for £17 million last July but has failed to hit expected heights at the King Power Stadium.
He has fallen down the pecking order at King Power Stadium since Craig Shakespeare took charge from Claudio Ranieri who lured the talented former Plateau United star to England.
Musa has struggled for regular first-team action with goals scored at a premium too.
He has made just seven starts in the Premier League for Leicester City this season and UK’s Daily Mirror reports that the former VVV-Venlo man is edging towards the exit at the King Power.
In total, Musa has managed just four goals in 31 appearances in all competitions for the Foxes.
The real cause for concern for Musa now is that there is possibility he could find himself even further down the pecking order if, as expected, Leicester dip into the transfer market to revamp their strike-force this summer.
In his last 20 appearances, he has scored only twice — and both of those came in the same game, a 2-1 win at Everton in the FA Cup on January 7 that he began on the bench.
In contrast, Musa’s Nigerian compatriot, Wilfred Ndidi who arrived at the club in the January has thrived fuelling speculations that the former is struggling to settle into life in England.
Sources from Musa’s Jos base in Plateau State attributes the slump in his form in Leicester to unsettled family life.
“You are well aware of the issues Ahmed Musa has been having with his marriage. It has kind of affected him psychologically to the point that he is no longer the goal poacher he was in Russia,” observed the Jos-based coach who would not want his name in print.
Early last month, Musa was reported in the British media to have been invited by Leicester police over domestic matters with his wife Jamila.
Although the Eagles star later claimed that the matters was reported out of context and even threatened legal actions against the news media, City asked Musa to explain his side of the case before being left off.
Musa was later released without charge after his own version of the story was backed by the police and his agent has insisted reports of his arrest hours after he had wished his wife a happy birthday on Instagram had been exaggerated.
“It’s normal for a couple to have a bit of a row now and again, however, Musa did not at any point hit his wife nor was he attacked by her. It was a mere domestic issue which has now been resolved and they are now talking again. Everyone knows Musa is a jolly good fellow.
‘’He doesn’t drink or smoke, doesn’t party and has never been in trouble with the police all his life. He couldn’t harm a fly,’’ Musa’s agent had told reporters last month not minding the fact that pictures of another lady surfaced in the media said to be the his new heartthrob waiting to walk the aisle with.