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Returned to Shanghai Shenhua on Monday, after a one-year loan to Manchester United, Odion Ighalo (31) has again left China, for a permanent transfer this time to the Al Shabab club in Saudi Arabia. The Nigerian striker initialed a two-and-a-half-year contract with his new team on Thursday evening, until June 2023, with an operation estimated at € 2.5 million.
During his time in Manchester, Ighalo had participated in 23 matches in all competitions and scored 5 goals. Author of rather interesting beginnings in a role of joker, the former player of Watford then paid the price for the arrival at the Red Devils of Edinson Cavani, during the last summer transfer window. To the point of counting only one appearance in the Premier League in the first half of the season.
After a stint in Manchester, Ighalo joins Al Shabab
✔️ Al Shabab has been signed with the Nigerian ???????????? Odion Ighalo @ighalojude (Ex. Man United striker) for a two and a half years.#Alshabab #ShababFC pic.twitter.com/1S5VvhnXgg
– Al Shabab FC (@ShababSaudiFc) February 4, 2021
