Manchester United football club fans has reacted to signing of Odion Ighalo , who joined the club on loan from Shanghai Shenhua a Chinese football Club , till the conclusion of the season .
Some of the fans believed that Ighalo was a good signing for the Red Devils due to his physicality and power , others were of the opinion that he wasn ’t good enough for a club like Manchester.
The fans swarmed social media to express their opinions about the 30- year - old. A Twitter user with the name Mubarak Muhammad agreed with the signing of the former Watford player , asking the striker to prove doubters wrong.
“ Please , I want you to prove them wrong, ” he wrote.
Tugger Taiwo echoed the opinion of Muhammed .He said , “ Prove them wrong Ighalo . ”John Dere , “ We lack physicality in our attack, I believe he (Ighalo ) is going to disturb defenders with his work rate .”
Daniel Saelemaekers saw Ighalo as the perfect man to replicate what the club legend , Cristiano Ronaldo , did .
“ If anyone could be Ronaldo ’s successor , it would be Ighalo . He perfectly replicates the total striker in world football .” Gbenga John tweeted , “ Manchester bound 5 years ago and now .”
Among those who shared different opinions of the Nigerian is Risky Matthew, who said, “ Mane and Salah are a thousand times better than that Watford reject.”Ighalo may have performed well at the Africa Cup of Nations, AbdulRasheed doubts if he can replicate that performance in the EPL .
“ Do you think EPL is the same as AFCON ? Has he ever won a golden boot in Europe ?” he asked. Baafi Daniel questioned United ’s decision to go for Ighalo when in his opinion , they could have gone for Edison Cavani or Luka Jovic .“ Cavani and Jovic available and we went for Ighalo ?”
