Manchester United new player Odion Ighalo admits to taking less pay just so he would be able to play for Manchester United, his dream club.
He was rumoured to be earning 300,000 pounds a week when playing for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua. However, it’s obvious that Manchester United would not be matching that cost – but strangely, Ighalo was okay with that – as long as he got to be with United. However, is this a fair move on United’s part to pay him less?
According to the club’s official website, Ighalo said: “So, from 11pm, there was paperwork, negotiating and all that, for the loan deal and all that, so we are talking and other teams are calling them, wanting me, but I told my agent that this is what I want.
“I want to come here. He said you’re going to get a pay-cut to go to United. I said I don’t care. Make this deal happen. I want to go to United. I don’t care how much is the pay-cut, I know that, make it happen.”
When asked about what his ambitions are for United, he replied: ”
My ambition is to work hard with the team and make sure we finish well in the season and above where we are today, because I saw the table yesterday and I know Man United is a big team, they are there at the top and now things are not going the way they should go. So my aim to contribute my own quarter to the team and make sure we finish good in the position.“
The fact is that Ighalo wanted to go to United so bad, that the pay cuts didn’t bother him, is all.
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