Manchester United Extend Their Loan For Odion Ighalo
One of the Manchester United forwards, Odion Ighalo, extended his loan with the following team until January of 2021.
This 30 years-old player joined the team after the Chinese Super League, where he played for Shanghai Shenhua. He was listed as a member of that team until the 31st of May.
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"It is a big dream of Ighalo and seems like now he can successfully finish what he started with us, and get a lot of trophies," said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Manchester United manager.
"Allowing to this forward playing for the club of his dream, granted by the Shanghai Shenhua, was a really great decision," continued he. "Ighalo developed great skill and showed significant results."
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During his eight appearances on the Old Trafford side, Ighalo scored four times. One of the most skilled and beautiful goals by him was a 5 - 0 score when the Manchester United wined over the LASK on the 12th of March.
That match was the last competitive match for the team of Odion Ighalo before the Premier League games were suspended due to a coronavirus outbreak.
According to the last statements, the premier League matches will go on on the 17th of June. Now, Manchester United is taking the fifth position in the table, right behind the Chelsea.
MU must score at least three points to get on the fourth place, hoping that they can do it successfully together with Odion Ighalo.