Super Eagles star named in top 9 hottest players in Premier League

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho has been named among the hottest players currently in the English Premier League.

UK outlet Daily Mail, in their weekly Power Rankings table, listed the Nigerian in number 6 following his performance in Leicester City’s mauling of bottom team Sheffield United over the weekend.

The 24-year-old grabbed his first Premier League hat-trick on Sunday, March 14, helping the Foxes defeat Sheffield United 5-0.

Iheanacho tucked home a Jamie Vardy pass to make it 1-0 in the early exchanges and then Ayoze Perez made grabbed another goal in the 64th minute before the Nigerian grabbed his brace minutes later.

And it was 4-0 in the 78th minute after a solo run from Ampadu was stopped.

The ball ran clear, and it came to the Iheanacho. He had all the time and space to shoot. He took it on and rifled the shot into the bottom right-hand corner.

It was his first hat-trick in the Premier League. It was his best-ever performance in the English topflight, although there were many excellent individual performances in the top flight over the weekend - but which players from last week's list will drop out and who will come out on top this time around?

Latest top 10 Premier League Power Rankings according to the Daily Mail:

9. Adam Lallana (Brighton - new entry)

8. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal - new entry)

7. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur - down four)

6. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City - new entry)

5. Jesse Lingard (West Ham United - down three)

4. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea - up four)

3. Luke Shaw (Manchester United - up three)

2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United - down one)

1. John Stones (Manchester City - up three).