Many eyebrows were raised when Manchester United landed Odion Ighalo on a short-term loan deal from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua in January.
Signed at the eleventh hour of the transfer window, he was largely written off as a panic buy and someone without the requisite quality for United.
There were suggestions it even defied Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s long-term planning at the club. Yet the Nigerian has proved the doubters wrong - he has already weighed in with four goals for the club in just three starts, while he has provided an extra option in attack and given United a focal point.
His work-rate, enthusiasm and value mean his measure is not just in goalscoring - such as his hold-up play and flick-on in the build-up to Scott McTominay’s late
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