{"id":25877,"date":"2020-06-05T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25877"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:15:38","slug":"ighalo-manchester-united-star-open-to-nigeria-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ighalo-manchester-united-star-open-to-nigeria-return","title":{"rendered":"Ighalo: Manchester United star open to Nigeria return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old says he is in regular contact with the Super Eagles coach and hinted he could reverse his decision to end his international career Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has revealed he is \u2018thinking\u2019 about returning to the Nigeria national team.<\/p>\n<p>The forward played a key role as the West Africans qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after missing the previous two editions in 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The former Watford striker emerged as the highest goalscorer in the qualifiers before firing the Super Eagles to a third-place finish in the tournament in Egypt, scooping the top scorer award in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The 30-year-old says he is in regular contact with the Super Eagles coach and hinted he could reverse his decision to end his international career Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has revealed he is \u2018thinking\u2019 about returning to the Nigeria national team. 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