{"id":25663,"date":"2020-05-29T16:12:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25663"},"modified":"2020-05-29T16:12:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:12:55","slug":"odion-ighalo-hoping-his-manchester-united-dream-doesnt-end-too-soon-as-loan-expiry-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/odion-ighalo-hoping-his-manchester-united-dream-doesnt-end-too-soon-as-loan-expiry-looms","title":{"rendered":"Odion Ighalo hoping his Manchester United dream doesn\u2019t end too soon as loan expiry looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s players hope Odion Ighalo stays at the club after his loan spell ends this Sunday. His manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants him to \u201cfinish off what he\u2019s started\u201d and the Nigerian striker wants to stay, but if he never plays another game for United, he\u2019ll be remembered fondly for his contribution even though his loan spell was limited to just four weeks of games, no Premier League starts and 319 minutes of football.<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo scored in all three games he started and was having a superb March 2020 until the lockdown. His goal at LASK in United\u2019s last match is a contender for goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>As fellow January signing Bruno Fernandes strode forward, Ighalo, surrounded by defenders, shouted \u201cBruno!\u201d clearly audible in the near empty stadium. The pass forward was controlled with mid air touches with both feet before he struck a shot which rose from the edge of the box into the top corner. The biggest cheer came from the 14 men on the United bench as the Nigerian ran towards an empty bank of seats and saluted towards the sky. Ighalo\u2019s sister died in December and he\u2019s dedicated his goals to her.<\/p>\n<p>The strike was the fourth in two weeks for the 30-year-old lifelong United fan who wore the team\u2019s shirts as a boy in Lagos.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"print-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\">\u201cUnited are hugely popular in Nigeria and Ighalo\u2019s signing took that interest to an unimaginable level,\u201d explains his compatriot and United fan Abdullahi Abdu Paiko. \u201cWords are not enough to describe the pride of seeing a Nigerian wearing the red shirt for the first time in history. He became a source of inspiration for every Nigerian who dares to dream \u2013 even a young boy in a Lagos slum kicking a football on a dusty pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"print-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\">Ighalo brightens up the Carrington training ground where he\u2019s considered polite, with a ready smile and always in a good mood. He\u2019s training for a season that will restart on June 17 with United at Tottenham a few days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"print-article__body article-details-type--div content--div methode-html-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"print-article__body article-details-type--iframe content--iframe c1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Manchester United\u2019s players hope Odion Ighalo stays at the club after his loan spell ends this Sunday. 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