Ighalo, A Quality Player To Rescue Man U – Bruno Fernandes

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Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has named Odion Ighalo as one of the quality players in the team.

Ighalo joined the Red Devils on loan from Chinese Premier League club Shanghai Shenhua in January and has make big impact at the Old Trafford.

The Nigerian striker has netted on each of his first four starts for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

The 31-year-old has now matched the achievement of Jimmy Hanson from 1925 – with the former United player the only other man to have netted on his first four starts for the club.

“We have a lot of quality on the bench – Odion [Ighalo] scored in the cup against Norwich and we also have players like Dan James, Jesse [Lingard], Juan [Mata], Chongy [Tahith Chong],” Fernandes told the club’s official website.

“So we know when we’re tired and we need some freshness, we have
a lot of players for the end of the season. It’s easy to play with these
kind of players.”

Ighalo will look to score his first Premier League goal for United against Southampton on Monday.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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