Football
Odion Ighalo talks about move to Manchester United
By EDIALE KINGSLEY
JUDE Odion Ighalo has expressed his love for Manchester United. Reacting to questions from Press men in Lagos recently, when asked about a likely move to the red devils outfit, he said, “I have a contract with Watford FC but nobody knows what the future holds. I like man United, and have always supported them”.Fatai Amoo, Stephen Keshi, were revealed by the Watford’s striker as some of his big influences in his career.
Ighalo who said his favourites goal keepers are David De Gea, Buffon and Manuel Neuer also talked about the big money move to China that he snobed for the English Premiership. According to him,“Nyom asked me to turn in during training for a slap every morning for turning down such a mouth watering deal…for three nights I couldn’t sleep when I had the call to play in China. I kept thinking about the money. But I decided to go for the English premiership because life is not all about the money”.
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