Odion Ighalo desperate to end the season with Man Utd amid the coronavirus confusion

Odion Ighalo says he wants to end the season with Manchester United.

Ighalo’s loan from the Chinese team in the Shanghai Shenhua Super League ends at the end of the month and the Nigerian striker says he wants to stay at Old Trafford.

Ighalo, 30, has scored four goals in his eight appearances for United and is eager to end the campaign with them before discussing a permanent deal.

“I would like to end the season if possible,” he said. “He was in good shape, in good shape, scoring goals and now we have stopped for over a month.

“I have done my best and I hope we will play again.”

“The team had a good momentum before the pandemic started. I am currently on loan and this will shorten my time at the club.

“The club, myself, each footballer is going through a lot because we cannot do what we love and what we know how to do better.”

“We are just thinking about that for now and ending the season before we start thinking about the contract.”

Ighalo’s arrival was a surprise on the day of the deadline, as United were looking for a striker.

But the first The Watford man proved skeptics wrong and was a worthy addition to a United attack that lost Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sánchez in the summer.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised the season-long efforts of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood.

“I think Mason, Anthony and Marcus this season have been fantastic,” said the Norwegian.

“They have scored 50 goals, all three.

“Marcus was injured and on his way to his best season. Anthony was on the way for his best season and Mason is a unique talent because of his ability to score goals. “