Super Eagles star emerges top transfer target for Spanish League giants Barcelona

- LA Liga giants Barcelona want Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo as back up for Luis Suarez

- The 29-year-old spent the last two years in China scoring 36 goals in 55 appearances for Changchun Yatai

- Alvaro Morata is also one of the top transfer targets for the Catalans this transfer window

Super Eagles forward Odion Ighalo is reportedly wanted by Barcelona as they shop for Munir El Haddadi and Denis Suarez's replacement this month.

The Changchun Yatai forward scored 21 goals and assisted one other in 28 Chinese Super League matches last season.

Despite his double figure goals in the CSL last campaign, they were unable to save his team from relegating after finishing 15th on the log.

According to Sport-English.com, the Catalans want a low-cost option to complete the squad and the Nigerian international has emerged as an option.

Before joining Changchun Yatai, Ighalo spent close to three seasons with Premier League side Watford - scoring 33 topflight goals in 82 matches.

The publication further reveals that the 29-year-old has many offers to return to China, where he spent the last two years.

PAY ATTENTION: Become a member of the leading sports Facebook group 'Naija Football Fan Zone'

Chelsea flop Alvaro Morata is another option for the Camp Nou side as the Premier League side want to offload him.

Barca were said to have been monitoring the Nigerian forward while he was at Granada. He scored 12 and 15 goals in his two season with Watford, who sold him to China for 25m.

READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng

Ighalo was part of the Super Eagles squad, and has emerged as top target for the La Liga side who are looking for a back up for Luis Suarez.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo wants a return to Premier League after spending two years in the Chinese Super League.

The ex-Watford forward left Vicarage Road to join Changchun Yatai after falling out with the then Hornets manager Walter Mazzarri.

But 29-year-old wants a new challenge in England despite scoring an impressive 36 goals in 55 matches for his Chinese side.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng We have updated to serve you better.

Rio Ferdinand admires Okocha, reveals why he quit boxing and problem with Man United | Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng

from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on LEGIT.NG 24/7 http://bit.ly/2AJ3hgy
via EDUPEDIA24/7

Comments

Dust haze weather to prevail on Thursday, December 27

- The Nigerian Meteorological agency (NiMet) predicts thick dust haze weather conditions over most parts of the country - NiMet predicts northern states would experience dust haze - The agency also predicts early morning mist/fog is expected over the coastal cities The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thick dust haze weather conditions with reduced visibility over most parts of the country on Thursday, December 27. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Wednesday, December 26, in Abuja, revealed that the central region of the country would record dust haze condition with visibility range of two to five kilometres throughout the day. It added that day and night temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius to 34 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius, respectively, would prevail over the region. READ ALSO: Police reportedly arrest Badeh’s alleged killers The agency predicted that the northern states would experience dust haze with visibility range of two to fi...

N2.5bn Fraud: You Have Case To Answer, Appeal Court Tells Suspended NBC Boss, Kawu

The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Ishaq Kawu. The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an appeal filed by the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Dr Moddibbo Kawu, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court, to dismiss the no-case submission he filed at the lower court. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission had charged Kawu, Lucky Omoluwa (late Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Ltd) and Dipo Onifade, Chief Operating Officer of the same company, before Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa, on a 12-count charge of money laundering. Is'haq Modibbo Kaw THISDAYLIVE The suspended NBC boss and his co-accused then approached the appellate court to reverse the judgment of the Federal High Court. The appellate dismissed the no-case submission filed by Kawu and his co-accused and held that they had an explanation to give when he elected to facilitate the payment of ...

Buhari’s Legacy Of Recessions By Fredrick Nwabufo

Fredrick Nwabufo ‘Why always Buhari?’ As it was in 1984 under General Buhari, so it is in 2016 and 2020 under President Buhari? Is it by the unfortunate hands of kismet that recession hits Nigeria every time Buhari takes charge of the country’s affairs? If the recession of the 80s under Buhari was a conspiracy by economic and political factors, to what do we attribute that of his first coming as a civilian President — and now in his second coming? Why does pestilence scourge the land, hunger ravage the population and lives lost malevolently when Buhari presides over the country? Why always Buhari? Buhari’s undoing is his wonted predilection for hierarchising ethnicity, religion and loyalty above competence. Since 1999, no President has obtrusively shown a more nepotistic aspect than Buhari. It is unarguable that the President arrays the most competence-challenged cabinet ever in the chronicle of governance in Nigeria. Yes, a recession cabinet. Fredrick Nwabufo Here is a cabin...

EDUPEDIA247

Search This Blog