{"id":1128830,"date":"2020-02-04T11:48:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1128830"},"modified":"2020-02-04T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:48:57","slug":"man-utd-news-top-four-targets-odion-ighalo-bosnich","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-news-top-four-targets-odion-ighalo-bosnich\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-four target forced Man Utd to sign Odion Ighalo, says Mark Bosnich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Manchester United goalkeeper\u00a0<span class=\"article__long-title\">Mark Bosnich has suggested Odion Ighalo could have an\u00a0Eric Cantona-style impact at the club. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deadline day swoop for the former Watford marksman certainly left a lot to be desired for Man Utd fans following some of the more eye-catching names they were linked with during the January window.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Ighalo emulate Cantona? Five things to know&#8230; <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Man Utd have signed Ighalo from\u00a0<span>Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua on loan for the rest of the season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The 30-year-old netted 40 goals in exactly 100 appearances for Watford during his previous spell in England.<\/li>\n<li><span>Solskjaer has been in need of frontline reinforcements following an injury sustained by Marcus Rashford.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Man Utd fired a third successive Premier League blank on Sunday in a tame 0-0 draw with Wolves.<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Man Utd &#8216;keeper\u00a0Bosnich has suggested Ighalo can replicate the previous achievements of club legend Cantona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7491851\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ighalo, 30, secured a\u00a0last-gasp loan move from\u00a0Shanghai Shenhua to offer Ole Gunnar Solskjaer some much-needed support in the final third following a lengthy injury picked up by\u00a0Marcus Rashford last month.<\/p>\n<p>The England international is currently recovering from a\u00a0<span>stress fracture and could face up to two months on the sidelines, which made the signing of a forward in the winter window an essential part of the club&#8217;s transfer plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many would have been hoping for a more illustrious signature, but Ighalo proved a\u00a0prolific goal-getter during his previous stint on these shores, netting an impressive 15 Premier League goals for Watford in 2015\/16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And while the Nigeria international may not be the marquee signing some had wished for, Bosnich believes the experience of <span>Ighalo will stand him in good stead, similar to that of Cantona when he pitched up at Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was an emergency signing,&#8221; the former United goalkeeper said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11667\/11925396\/manchester-united-signing-odion-ighalo-could-have-eric-cantona-impact-claims-mark-bosnich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Free Agent XI: Modric, Ili\u010di\u0107 and More! 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A long, long time ago Manchester United signed a certain Frenchman (Eric Cantona) who no one really expected much from and he ended up propelling them to one of their most successful seasons of all time.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United goalkeeper\u00a0Mark Bosnich has suggested Odion Ighalo could have an\u00a0Eric Cantona-style impact at the club. \u00a0 The deadline day swoop for the former Watford marksman certainly left a lot to be desired for Man Utd fans following some of the more eye-catching names they were linked with during the January window. 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