MANCHESTER UNITED MAKES AN IMPORTANT DECISION CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF ONE PLAYER
Here is the truth of the situation. rather than signing current on loan 31-year-old Odion Ighalo to a permanent deal that will allow the Nigerian striker extend his career at Manchester United, the Red Devil have elected to extend the strikers current loan deal until January 2021 because the Red Devils intend to sign a striker with more quality, preferably a younger striker in January 2021.
Call the decision cruel, harsh and unfair but the fact of the matter is, looking at Manchester United's potential to strongly compete and win several trophies in multiple competitions around Europe within a span of the next three years at least, the Red Devils will need a strong youthful strike force to take the lead in Manchester United's central strikers position each match and deliver consistent quality for each match day for a full season. While Manchester United had gotten by in the season with a makeshift strikers' circle of Anthony Martial, 18-year-old Mason Greenwood and the presence of on-loan 32-year-old striker Odion Ighalo, the Red Devils knew the moment when a decision has to be taken regarding the permanent status of Ole Gunners strikers moving forward.
More specifically, decisions regarding the future of Odion Ighalo. The summer period is finally here and the time for big decision to be made at Manchester United has and the first item on the list appears to be to decide what the future is going to be for Odion Ighalo. Does Ighalo have a future at Manchester United or not?
At the moment, Odion Igholo's fate regarding the possibility of a future available for the striker at Manchester United football club is still a future that might be given to the Nigerian striker at Old Trafford. While rumors and conversations have been held amongst a couple of Television sports journalist and conversations held even amongst various Manchester United fan channels regarding the future of striker Odion Ighalo at Manchester United.
However, at the end of the day, the final verdict on the strikers' future at Old Trafford will be made by Manchester United manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer. At the moment, news received from Old Trafford suggests the current Manchester United manager is yet to make a concrete decision regarding the decision of if the Nigerian striker has a future at Old Trafford.
“The loan deal went until the end of May now, so obviously he’s supposed to be going back,” Solskjaer told MUTV. “We’re in dialogue. They’ve been great towards us, his club, and allowed him to play for his dream club.
”It’s been a dream for him and hopefully he can finish off what he started, hopefully with a trophy for us. At the moment, nothing has been agreed upon. Their league is going to get started soon so we’re just waiting to see.”
(Ole Gunner Solskjaer, Goal.com. May 26,2020.)
Encouraging words from Manchester United manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer implying that there might be intentions coming from Manchester United football club in regards to extending the Nigerian striker current short term career as a Manchester United player in to a longer period at Old Trafford. Call this a mistake or call this an unnecessary decision about to made by Manchester United football club. But one description the choice to extend Odion Ighalo’s presence as a Manchester United player is the term unjustified because to a reasonable extent, the striker has justified his presence as a Manchester United player even under such a short space of time.
Two facts are there to be considered when the issue of deciding the fate of players on from other clubs and this two issues is possibly what Manchester United football club appears to be debating when making the decision between extending Odion Ighalo’s current loan deal or ending the loan deal completely is how effective or valuable is the player when he is playing within the current Manchester United squad especially since the current Manchester United squad seems to be displaying impressive growth and development with or without the involvement of Odion Ighalo.
The second issue which might have the most impact in Manchester United decision on extending Odion Ighalo’s contract with Manchester United football club might be, as controversial as this might sound to sound to some sports lovers out in the world, Ighalo’s age might play a factor in Manchester United's decision to keep Odion Ighalo as a Manchester United player for a longer loan period that might still turn into a permanent deal come to the end of the 2020 summer season.
The Nigerian born Manchester United striker turns 31 in a matter of months has been in the midst of a little controversy as a minor debate in the football team continue to take place regarding Manchester United choice to either keep a 31-year-old striker on the bases of not just empathy and morality but also his work-rate so far. Or should Manchester United simply cut ties with Ighalo and seriously invest in signing a young striker this summer.
Analyzing the comments above from Manchester United manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer, Manchester United seems to be in continuous conversation with Odion Ighalo’s parent club Shanghai Shenhua based in china in a determined attempt by Manchester United football club to extend the Nigerian strikers short career with the Red Devil until the end of the season or maybe even longer depending on how well Manchester United's current negotiation with Shanghai Shenshhua football club turns out.
Whilst specific details as to when the actual end of the 2019/20 English Premier League season is yet to be determined, should Manchester United come to an agreement with Shanghai Shenhua football club based in China, the loan extension will allow Odion Ighalo to at least finish the 2019/20 season with Manchester United football club with Odion Ighalo filling the role of the 3rd striker Manchester United desperately need.