The proprietor of Taye Academy, Kennedy Ezenwere, says he has documentary evidence to back up his claims that the sporting and economic rights of Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali belong to his grassroots club.

According to him, both Diamond Academy, Umuahia and ASJ Academy Owerri illegally transferred the ownership rights of the central midfielder without approaching him.

“Kelechi Nwakali is my player. I have documents with the Imo State Football Association and his picture is there, ” Kennedy Ezenwere briefly told allnigeriasoccer.com on Thursday night.

Nigeria Under 17s coach Emmanuel Amuneke smiled to the bank after Kelechi Nwakali’s elder brother, Chidiebere Nwakali, joined Manchester City in 2014 without a single euro remitted to the bank account of Taye Academy, the legitimate owners of his sporting and economic rights.

“Chidiebere Nwakali is my player, I have his club form with me. What I am doing is a gift from God, I have never given my players conditions when they join my Academy, ” the Taye Academy supremo said in September.

“Chidiebere Nwakali has been living in my house since 2004 but he denied me. Where is he today? The whole Imo State will testify he is my player.”

Kelechi Nwakali has been linked with teams in England, Greece, Italy and Portugal after the Fifa Under 17 World Cup, and it is advised that the interested teams should deal with Taye Academy, based on his recent pronouncements.