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Solskjaer Backs Ighalo To Make Instant Impact At Manchester United

By Daily Sports on February 15, 2020

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists new signing Odion Ighalo does not need to know his Manchester United teammates to be an instant hero at Chelsea on Monday.

Ighalo will only meet the rest of United’s squad for the first time on Sunday because the Nigerian striker has trained alone in ‘quarantine’ in Manchester following his move from China as a precaution in case he was carrying the coronavirus.

The death toll from the outbreak neared 1,400 on Friday.

But despite missing United's winter training camp in Spain, Ighalo, who joined on 31 January, is in line to be on the bench for the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge with United still missing injured leading scorer Marcus Rashford.

And United manager Solskjaer says the lack of knowledge of his new team and style of play does not mean Ighalo cannot make an instant impact.

“Well, it didn’t take me too long. I didn’t have a training session to come on and score!” Solskjaer said on Friday.

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

“He’ll be involved with us and travel down with us now he’s out of that precautionary two week period.

“We’ve kept in touch with him and of course we’ve done our own programme, he’s done his, and it was always going be a case of him having to integrate having been out in China.

“He needs to get used to the players, the team and up to speed as quick as he can.

“He’s been working really hard and pinching himself at times at joining his favourite club at the age of 30. But he’s earned that one and hopefully, he impresses us so we can see him play.” (SuperSport)

•PHOTO: Ole Gunnar Solksjaer

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 15, 2020