Ighalo not an odd signing, Ole affirms

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended his left-field signing of ex-Watford frontman Odion Ighalo.

Manchester United boss Solskjaer said of the Shanghai Shenhua star: “The injury to Marcus Rashford, it has to be said, we needed another forward and when we got the chance to get Odion on a loan that was for us a goalscorer, top scorer African Cup of Nations last year.

“Yeah, he can help the club. He is a very professional player, a good lad and will give something to the group.”

And Solskjaer hopes the 30-year-old can have the same instant impact he himself had when arriving from Molde in 1996.

The Norwegian said: “Well, it didn’t take me too long… I didn’t have a training session to come on.

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“As a striker you get thrown on out there and it might be he’ll have to come off the bench and get us a goal and he does whatever he’s done.”