{"id":193308,"date":"2020-02-13T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=193308"},"modified":"2020-02-13T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:04:25","slug":"epl-andy-cole-gives-verdict-on-manchester-united-striker-odion-ighalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=193308","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Andy Cole gives verdict on Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">Former Manchester United star, Andy Cole, has given his judgment on striker Odion Ighalo\u2019s move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo joined Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side on January transfer deadline day from a Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua on a six-month loan contract.<\/p>\n<p>Cole believes the 30-year-old would be a successful player at Man United, adding that the former Super Eagles striker is going to prove that he is good for the club.<\/p>\n<p>He stated this ahead of Man United\u2019s Premier League clash against Chelsea on Monday at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping that Ighalo will prove himself that he is good for Man United,\u201d Cole told Goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will offer something different to Man United, and there are no doubts that Ighalo will do just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a great fan of Man United, and for him to finally come to Old Trafford, he will play to the best of his ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got Premier League experience from his time at Watford, and he did well at Vicarage Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left Premier League for China, but he is now back to England and will give his all for United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a Manchester United supporter, he will want to prove that he\u2019s good enough for the Red Devils.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo could make his Manchester United debut against Chelsea after manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, confirmed earlier this week that the former Watford striker is desperate to play for the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIghalo is going to be part of the squad that will travel to Chelsea,\u201d Solskjaer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is desperate to play, and we want to integrate him as fast as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United star, Andy Cole, has given his judgment on striker Odion Ighalo\u2019s move to Old Trafford. Ighalo joined Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side on January transfer deadline day from a Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua on a six-month loan contract. Cole believes the 30-year-old would be a successful player at Man United, adding that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2658,1406,12513],"class_list":["post-193308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a","tag-manchester-united","tag-odion-ighalo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/193309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}