From the butt of Deadline Day jokes to banging in the goals, Odion Ighalo has silenced the critics and shown Manchester United exactly what they have been missing. Following reports Ighalo’s loan move could be extended, Jack Wilkinson makes the case for the Nigerian’s long-term stay at Old Trafford.
When Ighalo joined Manchester United on the final day of the January transfer window social media was awash with disparaging comments, aimed at both the club and their latest recruit. A sign of the times, perhaps, but on this occasion, there appeared to be reason behind the unrest.
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Bruno Fernandes’ big-money arrival in Manchester the previous day elevated expectations to such a level that the signing of a striker – offloaded by Watford in 2017 – from the Chinese Super League left an understandable sense of anti-climax.
Critics jumped at the chance to highlight the perceived desperation behind another questionable piece of transfer business after United had, not for the first time, failed to move swiftly and decisively in the transfer market to secure more notable targets.
But as the jokes circulated on Twitter, Ighalo quietly went about fulfilling his boyhood dream to play for Manchester United – and in the space of six short weeks, there was only one person laughing.
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