Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo has revealed that he wouldn’t mind taking a pay cut just to remain at Manchester United.
The first Nigerian to play for the Premier League side, Odion Ighalo is currently on loan to Manchester United from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua until the season’s end.
Ighalo however revealed that he would be willing to take a pay cut as large as £6million just to make his move to Manchester United permanent.
Odion Ighalo has performed beyond expectation since joining the English side, having scored 4 times in 8 games.
The striker’s current wage of £240,000 per week from Shangha would be reduced in half should he decide to join Manchester United permanently.
The premier League side has an option of buying him in the summer transfer window before his contract runs out in the first quarter of 2021.
Ighalo has contributed to United’s latest string of successes which Solskjaer is obviously happy about.
Speaking on the possibility of the Nigerian star joining the side permanently, Solskjaer said;
“He will improve and get better but he has qualities we saw in him and we needed and we will still need those qualities for next season, so let’s see what we will do.
‘He knows his job and what his role in the team is, and he’s very good with his back to goal, great link player, but maybe the best thing about him is his personality, so he’s got the whole lot really.
‘He had three touches before his fourth was the finish. All them touches were high quality but he had to make them to create space for himself. But the strike is on the half-volley, great timing, no one would have saved that one so anyone would have been proud of that finish.’
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