Retired Super Eagles striker Odion Jude Ighalo has made a move to Manchester United from Shanghai Shenhua on a 6-month loan deal.
The English football club made the move for the 30-year-old Nigerian striker on the deadline day of the transfer window, bringing him in as cover for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, in the absence of the injured Marcus Rashford, for the rest of the season.
I just connected to Wifi.
Welcome, Jude ?? pic.twitter.com/Gh0gWAQxBL
— WELCOME IGHALO (@thenanaaba) February 1, 2020
The move makes Odion Ighalo the first Nigerian, after the collapse of the John Mikel Obi’s deal, to play for the Red Devils. Ighalo was a boyhood fan of Manchester United FC, watching players such as Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole. He will earn about $396,137 week after his 3m – 4m loan moves from the Chinese side. “Odion is an experienced player,” said the Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. He brings much speed, pace and goals to aside in much need of it with their topsy-turvy season so far.
