Manchester United have agreed to extend Odion Ighalo's loan spell from parent club Shanghai Shenhua for another seven months.
Ighalo seemed destined to return to the Chinese Super League at the expiry of his loan at the end of May - but a new deal until January 2021 was agreed at the eleventh hour.
Shanghai Shenhua were previously reluctant to let the former Watford man stay with his boyhood club and were holding out for their £20million price tag to be met as part of a permanent deal.
But United agreed to pay a revised loan fee to get the deal over the line on the day Ighalo's contract was due to expire. The Nigerian's agent Atta Aneke hinted that a deal was close earlier on Sunday, telling Norwegian outlet Nettavisien : "We are nearing
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