Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Arsenal hero, Paul Merson, has said he would be shocked if Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, turn down a permanent move to the Red Devil and return to Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the season after being offered \u00a3400,000-a-week wages by the Chinese club.<\/p>\n
DAILY POST had reported on Thursday that Shanghai Shenhua has not given up hope of Ighalo returning to China and has offered the former Watford star \u00a3400,000-a-week wages to stay on with them.<\/p>\n
Ighalo joined the Man United last January transfer window on a six-month loan deal from Shenhua.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian striker has scored four goals in eight appearances for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side so far this season, but Merson believes the 30-year-old cannot turn down a permanent move to stay at Old Trafford even if it means for him to accept a pay cut.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I can say Odion Ighalo has been outstanding since he joined Man United,\u201d Merson told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t played many matches for Manchester United, but when he\u2019s come off the bench and when he has got some game time, he looked class.<\/p>\n
\u201cManchester United will have to make a hard decision Manchester United regarding his future at the club because if you give him a new contract, can he perform again that next season?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you go to a club on loan, you have got that hunger of wanting to secure a permanent transfer and prove everybody in the club right and everybody outside the club wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are going on the form he has shown since he arrived at the club in January, it\u2019s going to be hard to get rid of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry about the new mega-money offers from Shenhua. Ighalo has said all the right things since joining Manchester United.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has said it many times that he has dreamed of playing for Man United, so if the Red Devils do offer him a permanent deal, I cannot see him turning it down.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything has gone right for him so far, and if Man United does offer him a chance to stay, I\u2019d be shocked if he walked away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: Arsenal hero, Paul Merson, has said he would be shocked if Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, turn down a permanent move to the Red Devil and return to Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the season after being offered \u00a3400,000-a-week wages by the Chinese club. DAILY POST had reported on Thursday that Shanghai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[1381,115],"class_list":["post-23176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-ighalo","tag-nigerian-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n