After an injury plagued on Manchester United’s forward “Rashford”, the club needed a back-up striker to fill in the position in his absence and a quick fix was needed, whom will not be lacking in both experience and productivity.
Surely, the club finally identified who they deemed fit to fill-in the position. A striker that has had a wonderful career in the EPL, playing for Watford, with a good scoring ratio.
Getting such player on loan, wouldn’t be too much of a task for a top club like Manchester United. Coming from the Chinese Super League, one would have taught, the deal shouldn’t be considered. Probably a better option lies out there?
It was no news to the world about Ighalo’s dream and admiration for the Red Devil. He never failed to let the world and fans know about how he had dreamt and wished to put on the Red’s jersey.
Speculations started getting more recognition on the move and this caused some fans to wonder if the club still has the ambition to compete with other top EPL teams.
A player that had impressed with Watford before playing in the Chinese Super league looks like a move that shouldn’t see the light of the day.
On 30th January 2020, Odion Ighalo got the move he hoped for, while the fans got the signing they weren’t expecting.
The loan signing came with no fanfare. Signing a six month loan deal for the Red side of Manchester, he became the first Nigerian to be a Red Devil. Even though he had to take a pay-cut. He got his dream move.
Interviews never stopped coming and he also never held back on expressing how long he had dreamt of the move and how he had been a lifelong fan of the club. Though, it took a while before he made his first appearance for the club due to some precaution advises concerning the coronavirus outbreak in China.
So far, in eight appearances across all competition, he has contributed 4 goals and provided one assist. His stats since his arrival has created a room for considering making his stay at the club permanent by the club’s management.
With his performances for Manchester United, his parent club Shanghai Shenhua proposed to extend his current contract and offered him a mouth-watering £400k per week deal. This has got people thinking of what decision Ighalo will choose.
At age 30, will it be right to think about making enough money has his age is at disadvantage, or does he still want to live in his dream world by hoping to get a permanent deal from the Red devil club?
Should money be the priority for a ageing player who has nothing to prove again or does he think he has something to prove to the Manchester United’s fans?
What will be the major stimuli in his decision making will definitely need to be preferenced carefully.
What does Odion Jude Ighalo needs? Dream or money? – Any decision will be a good decision for him personally, so far it ends well. But its a big test about how much he loves Manchester United and his passion of waking up everyday knowing he will play at the Theatre of Dreams or it will just be another dream when he wakes up at a scrapper in Shanghai.
