Ighalo: Ole Gunnar Solskjaers Has Improved My Game

Odion Jude Ighalo, on loan to Manchester United, has heaped praises on his manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, for improving his scoring ability since joining the Old Trafford from the Chinese Super League.

The 30-year-old who has impressed since his loan move from China, scoring a goal every 80 minutes and providing one assist in 8 games for United.

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Ighalo credits his improved scoring ability to the advice he received from his current manager, who is also a former striker for United.

“When I moved to United, I learned a few things from him,” Ighalo told MUTV.

“During games… there was even a game I scored in, and he said ‘You should have scored more if you do this or do that’.

“I thought about it and I know if I would have done what Ole said, I would have scored more. He says: ‘You’re a striker, take the chance’. So I’ve learnt a lot from him, in terms of positioning and how to do one or two things in a game.

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“As a striker, it’s good when a striker is coaching you,” Ighalo added.

“And, as a striker, you benefit even more than the defenders. He is someone who has scored goals for a long time and has done a lot for United, so it’s good to learn from him.”

He described Ole as a calm and good guy.

“Outside of football, he’s a good guy. When everybody is laughing in training, he joins in and he talks to us, but, when it’s the game, you see a serious face. We have to do this, we have to do that – then it’s business time,” he said of the manager.

Ighalo is yet to sign a permanent deal with Manchester United and has been offered a new deal worth 400,000 pound a week wages by his parent club, Shanghai Shenhua .

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