Odion Ighalo gives away lucrative wages in China to sign for dream club Manchester United

injury to Manchester United's young forward Marcus Rashford forced Ed Woodward and Co. to look for an experienced striker to lead line for rest of season. Manchester United were linked to names such as Erling Haaland, Edinson Cavani, Danny Ings and ors in recent transfer window. However, y zeroed in on Odion Ighalo who secured a deadline day loan move to Old Trafford in one of most unexpected moves of window. 

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Odion Ighalo's first visit to Old Trafford back in 2013 

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In his first interview as a Manchester United player, Odion Ighalo revealed that "A few or clubs had shown interest, I said please, just pick United, if it’s going to be possible. At 11 pm in Shanghai, my nt called me [to say] that United want to do deal, so I woke up that night and started looking for a translator to go to directors’ room and hit his door and all that. My nt wants to speak to you, United are coming for me, you have to make this happen and all that you kw. So y started talking and discussing. I didn’t sleep throughout that night, because it was going to end at 7 am, Shanghai time, and transfer [window] is going to close re. So, from 11 pm, re was paperwork, negotiating and all that, for loan deal and all that, so we are talking and or teams are calling m, wanting me, but I told my nt that this is what I want. I want to come here."

Ighalo is currently believed to be on short-term loan contract at Manchester United and is being paid £100,000 a week. Can he be Manchester United's unlikely saviour this season?

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