"He will come in and give us an option of a different type of centre-forward for the short spell he's staying with us. WATFORD striker Odion Ighalo looks like he is on his way to China in a £20million move. Congratulations Dele , don't be like Isaacs Success, be focus and work hard . Read about our approach to external linking. Haha haha second rate player for a second rate club oh how the mighty have fallen what sort of club has to make desperate loan signings cos no one wants to play for them lovely absolutely lovely, Funny if he had to go into quarantine for 14 days . Read about our approach to external linking. He's not going to set the world alight but the club left itself short not replacing Lukaku and now with Rashford out we simply had to get anybody in just to bridge the gap. As a supporter of the other 91 clubs as a whole, any chance of more Man Utd updates? "The whole year has been hard. United accept Ighalo does not fit the club's policy of trying to sign long-term targets, such as Bruno Fernandes, who moved to Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon on Thursday. A lot of people on here are taking the mick, however, i think this might be a good signing for Utd. NEW Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo was just 17 years old when he left Nigeria, but he never forgot his roots. For other inquiries, Contact Us. He is United's first senior loan signing since Radamel Falcao's arrival from Monaco in 2014. You're fooling yourself if you think a top quality striker would be available in Jan that wanted to come to Utd at this moment in time. Watford and Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo reveals he had no hesitation in signing a new five-year contract. Watford are closing on a deal for striker Isaac Success from Spanish sister club Granada. Keep up-to-date with all the latest transfer news and gossip in the January window with SunSport’s daily LIVE blog. 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Watford have announced the signing of Tom Dele-Bashiru on a six-year deal. Nigerian international striker Odion Ighalo became the latest Premier League player to head to China when Watford agreed to sell him to Changchun Yatai for a reported club record £20million ($25m, 23.3m euros) on Tuesday. Confirmed Mazzarri said: "With Odion Ighalo we know there are some offers. After two seasons he moved to Shanghai Shenhua and has scored 10 times in 19 games. Last updated on 12 August 201612 August 2016.From the section Football. He is a very strong character, too. At 30, Odion Ighalo becomes the first Super Eagle to move to Old Trafford. Utd needed a stop gap striker until the end of the season and thats what they got. Ighalo finished as the 2018 CSL's second-top scorer with 21 goals and despite an injury-hit season he scored 10 goals in 17 appearances for new club Shanghai Shenhua in 2019, helping them to FA Cup success. He'll also be a very popular team-mate who will give his all to be a success at United. Plenty of teams want him.'. Earlier this month a possible move to West Brom fell through after the Baggies failed to agree on a fee for the 27-year-old. Watford remain keen to keep hold of their star strikers this summer, including influential captain Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo is also a key man for the Vicarage Road outfit after he previously turned down a move to China.