Sky Sports now reporting a deal agreed between the clubs. No confirmation as yet.
Odion Ighalo - 6 month loan deal done
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Deal inching closer now according to James Cooper
Woodward will take too long and we will be 2 seconds late. Money saved, but it looks like we tried so fans are happy enough with him. Job done!
if that’s seriously his record. Then bloody hell that’s good. He’s A loan signing. If he ends up sitting in the bench and making a few sub appearances, then so be it. We currently have no one we can bring off the bench. If Martial gets injured, we really are buggered.
Correct, I thought I was the only one who thought he was a complete waste of space.
Turns out Inter were in for him too but he had his heart set on United once her heard we were interested. Half of you muppets are going to flip your opinion now...
Have to admit, no idea who he is !
I remember him only being effective in the cup games against poor opposition, was it 4 goals in total or something?
Always liked him. Must be a dream come true for him.
Oh god it's... Mark Hughes and his... loudly breathing... in, in the... middle of... sentences.
MAKE IT SO
Think we have been blinded over the past few season over moments of brilliance, whilst most of the time hes been mediocre.
Will be nice having a striker who takes up good locations within the box for a change. Martial can learn a lot from him 
I'm so surprised that people don't know him. He played in the PL recently, did very well, and we've been heavily linked with him in the past.
I've been in discussions with Inter because I've been to Old Trafford, but they've left it too late and I'm staying put.
he was no great shakes when he came, 7 games and 1 goal !!
Let’s wrap it up Ed
count me in I'm pretty sure Conte is on our payrollI thought he got 1, tbh, in his first game and everyone was excited. Then he stank the place out for the rest of the season.
This needs to happen!!
I hope he bangs a ton of goals not for the clubs benefit but just to piss off everyone calling a guy coming in to give us a hand in fecking dire circumstances, who's a fellow fan, utter shit. On loan. As a backup.
By the sounds of it we have a striker target who, shock, wasn't available right now.
A body is better than no body.
By the sounds of it we have a striker target who, shock, wasn't available right now.
A body is better than no body.
Nar, he was crap, felt like SAF brought him in for nostalgia only, much like with Lenny Blanc.
The hope will be that he can have a honeymoon period at our club just like he did with Watford, we see it a lot over the years in the premier league where strikers arrive at a new club and have a great start before their form takes a dive, you could use James of such an example for us, that would be fine if rashford can make it back by April.
My last memory of Ighalo playing was him missing all those one on ones v Argentina in the world cup, was useless that game.
He was decent at Watford the first season they came up but Troy Deeney did set up lots of his goals so think he's better in a two upfront than just lone forward and not sure he'll link up that well with Martial. Will probably be just bench filler until Rashford returns.
He was decent at Watford the first season they came up but Troy Deeney did set up lots of his goals so think he's better in a two upfront than just lone forward and not sure he'll link up that well with Martial. Will probably be just bench filler until Rashford returns.
Could be Larssonesque.
Re:Larsson You all have short memories.
He can't be that bad. He has a better first touch than Lukaku and is a premier league proven striker
hope not.
In all honesty I can’t remember his time at Watford but we need depth and a 6 month loan won’t hurt so feck it.
Nah. Larsson was a great striker in his day. Ighalo had 1 good season (merely good), then scored 1 in 18 and went to China. Hes better than nobody, as at this point we basically need to play an 18 year old every week, but I wouldnt expect him to be anything other than pretty shit.
Take a look back at what you've actually said.You made the point about the Ighalo deal being a stopgap signing, and therefore not a valid comparison (despite Kallstrom, Suarez and Soares also being signed on short-term loans).
Even if I accept your strained reasons why those short-term Arsenal signings were actually long-term signings, how is the Ighalo deal any different if an option to buy exists?
Yeah he was pretty garbage in the main.
Smart deal. Acting to cover where we're thin and leaving funds free for summer.
Really good striker too, I reckon he'll get 7-10
Really good striker too, I reckon he'll get 7-10
Could do worse than winning the league with us.
Sorry if it’s been answered previously. Any other Nigerians to start for us? Obi Mikel is the only one I think tangentially linked, plus some youth prospects.
Isn't it already mathematically impossible?
Nope, we'd just need to win 14 from 14 and hope Liverpool only win 1 and draw 2 of their remaining 14. It's on!
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