Gary Neville Unhappy with Man-United Deadline Day Signing Of Odion Ighalo

Gary Neville, a former captain of Manchester United has come out to say the club knew they needed a striker all summer but could not sign any yet waited till the last hours of the transfer windows before signing Odion Igahlo.

“I think Ighalo, they just needed a body in that area. Rashford is going to be out for a couple of months.

“I can’t let the club off the hook though, unfortunately.

“The idea that Lukaku told us a couple of weeks ago that he’d said he was going to leave last February, March.
“That’s nine months for the club to be able to maneuver and get into a position to sign a striker for the club for the long term.

“They’ve ended up desperately doing one on deadline day. The boy might do very well; he might settle in, he might score goals and do a job for the club.

“But the facts the club is in that position, knowing that Sanchez and Lukaku were leaving for many, many months, tells me that Manchester United at this moment in time is struggling to navigate through the transfer market smartly.” 

Ighalo was signed on the last day of the transfer window; the club had tried to sign Joshua King from Bournemouth but failed. An attempt was made for Teemu Pukki and Danny Ings, both were rejected, then the club had to settle for the former Watford striker

Odion Ighalo scored 36 goals in 90 league appearances before heading to Shanghai Shenhua.