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Sports News of Friday, 13 March 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Fernandes is United's key to scoring plenty goals - Ighalo

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Nigerian international, Odion Ighalo has revealed that Portuguese star, Bruno Fernandes is Manchester United's key to scoring plenty of goals.

Fernandes has been influential for United since joining in the January transfer window from Portuguese side, Sporting CP for a transfer fee worth £47m, taking part in seven goals for the Red Devils so far.

On Thursday, Fernandes assisted Ighalo in scoring his fourth Manchester United goal in their 5-0 win over LASK in their Uefa Europa League Round of 16 fixture.

Ighalo reunites with Fernandes for a second stint after both players starred for Italian side, Udinese, and the Nigerian believes United have only seen a tip of the iceberg, adding that more will follow when he(Bruno) settles down in the PL.

United snapped up Ighalo in a deadline transfer deal on loan from Chinese outfit, Shanghai Shenhua on a six-month deal.

“It's not my first time playing with Bruno. I played with him at Udinese back in 2010," Ighalo told BBC Sport.

"He's a great player. He has vision. He's the guy who wants the ball because he can do something fantastic with it if you give him space. He's a good passer of the ball and he's what this team needs to score goals.

"You're still going to see more and better from him because he is still getting used to the Premier League. When he's finally settled Bruno Fernandes is going to do well in this team.

"Before I came here I knew Manchester United were looking at him and I was hoping they would get him because he is a good player and I knew he was going to change the dynamic of the team.

"He's not going to have the best game every time but what he is going to bring to the team is going to be unbelievable.”

Ighalo has scored four goals in three starts for Manchester United so far.

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