Manchester United Strike Odion Ighalo Took Pay Cut Towards Loan Deal!
Odion Ighalo
The 30-year old Odion Ighalo was so desperate to join Man United making him to take pay cut just to secure the loan deal happen and did not sleep the night it was agreed.
Odion Ighalo has joined United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua until the end of the season.
The formal Nigerian forward says his mum cried at the news and there were parties on the street where he grew up.
At 11pm in Shanghai, my agent called me to say that United want to do the deal, so l woke up that night and started looking for a translator to go to the directors' room and hit his door.
Odion Ighalo in United Kit..
Ighalo says he has been a United fan since he was a child and is pleased to be able to make the his dream of playing for the Old Trafford club a reality.
"I called my mum and she was happy, crying," he said.
"I know many people used to say when they join a team, they say that they dream of playing for that team. Mine was not the case. I supported the team when I was young.
"People that know me, even back in Nigeria, and even when I was playing at Watford, my team-mates knew that I loved Manchester United, I support them."
With Marcus Rashford recovering from a stress fracture and Anthony Martial having scored once in his past five Premier League games, Ighalo hopes his physicality can aid the United forward line.
"I'm very fast, I'm skilful, I'm strong, I have good techniques, so I can find my way in the field of play," he said.
"They have a striker that stays mostly in the middle, but Martial likes to come from the side, even Rashford, so you need someone in the middle that can keep the ball, hold the ball.
"They need a physicality up front to keep the ball, to give and to make some movement, which I believe if everything goes well I can add to the team."
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