Manchester United was looking for a striker to replace Rashford's loss for the next few weeks and for this he has just hired Odion Ighalo, a 30-year-old Nigerian attacker who belongs to the Shanghai Shanghai Chinese Shenhua, a club that has yielded him to the whole of Old Trafford until the end of the season. Solskjaer's are saved a purchase option.
The former Granada soccer player played four seasons in English football with a great performance in the ranks of the Watford. While in Second, he helped the team rise by scoring 17 points in Championship. In his first season in Premier, Ighalo scored 15 points in 38 days with Watford.
His 2016-17 was lower level (only 1 both in the first round) and ended up going to China in the winter market. In the Asian country he left the ranks of Changchun Yatai - he scored 15 and 21 goals in his two seasons there - which earned him to sign for Shanghai Shenhua, with whom he celebrated 10 goals in 17 matches in the 2019 League.