Odion Ighalo has said an emotional goodbye to the club he has always wanted to play for since he was growing up in the Lagos ghetto of Ajegunle – Manchester United-with another big-money transfer in the offing.
It’s was a pleasure. Once a Red, always a Red🔴🔴🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/uXVqIXxsAf
— Odion Jude Ighalo (@ighalojude) January 26, 2021
He spoke of a personal fulfillment to play for ‘The Red Devils’, while praising the fans and manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.
He said he will be cheering the team on to win the league and cup double this season.
“It’s so hard to see this dream come to an end,” he said on Twitter.
“But I give God the glory for helping me fulfill this life-long dream of putting on a Manchester United shirt as a player and to represent this great club, indeed it was an honour I will forever cherish and be grateful for.”
Ighalo’s extended loan spell at United will come to an end when the transfer window shuts on Monday.
The 31-year-old striker scored five goals in 23 appearances in all competitions.
It is now speculated he could go for the cash in Dubai, where he could earn seven million pounds a year.
He has also been linked with clubs in Saudi Arabia, Qatar as well as in Spain and the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States of America.
