Former Nigerian international, Victor Ezeji, has told
Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, that the time has come for him to seek
a move away from Old Trafford.
Ezeji stated this ahead of Man United’s Premier League clash
against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Ighalo impressed for Man United in cup competitions, but he
is yet to play up to 25 minutes in a single Premier League match for the Red
Devils.
His arrival from the Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua, in
January raised eyebrows, but the 31-year-old responded with five goals in eight
games in the Europa League and FA Cup.
With Ighalo’s extended loan deal expiring in 2021, Ezeji
feels the former Watford star needs to look elsewhere as he won’t get enough
chances under manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, at Man United.
Ezeji told Goal: “Every coach believes in his starting XI
and to be very fair to Ighalo, and the COVID-19 situation didn’t help him,
because if not for COVID-19, Rashford would still have been out until the end
of the season.
“And when Rashford recovered, because of the belief Ole has
in Rashford, he had to bring him back into the team.
“And then you can see that Martial was firing on all
cylinders, same as Greenwood, so there was no way Ole was going to drop any of
those guys for Ighalo.
“But where I will fault Ole is that even when these guys
aren’t meeting up in some games, I think he should’ve tried Ighalo.
“It was not really nice that a player’s contract was renewed
and you did not even allow him to play up to 20 minutes of any Premier League
game. That isn’t encouraging. It makes a player lose all the confidence he has
built over time.”
“If Ighalo still had regular games to play, probably his
confidence would’ve grown, and probably Manchester United would have even tried
to buy him permanently, but that did not happen,” he added.
“Ighalo had to cut down his wages just to be in Manchester.
I think he has achieved his dream of playing for them, but now it is for him to
look elsewhere.”
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