The ex Manchester united and Watford player Ighalo has arrived the Nigerian camp ahead of the double legged world cup playoff qualifiers against the black stars of Ghana.
Odion Jude Ighalo has been in sintilating form for his club Al Hilal since his arrival in the January transfer window,the forward has quickly settled in the Saudi Arabia league. Al Hilal is the most successful team in the Saudi Arabia league with a total of 17 league title and recently won it in the 2020-21 season.
The Nigerian international Ighalo was on fire in their last league game Scoring an hat-trick as Al Hilal defeated Al-Ahi Jeddah 4:2. He been impressive for his club side scoring a total of 23 goals in 28 matches for Al Hilal as they continue their surge to reclaim the league title they won last season.
The experience front man announced his retirement from international football to focus on his club after the AFCONÂ in 2019. Despite finishing the tournament as the highest goal scorer with 4goals.
He was angered by the Nigerian fans that criticized him after the super eagles elimination at the hands of eventual winners Algeria.He even went further by going social media after receiving threat online.
The super eagles forward Ighalo who missed the 2022 Afcon was recently invited by super eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen and he has decided to come out of retirement to help the team scale the through their tricky 2022 world cup playoff tie against West Africa neighbor Ghana
The return of the fomer Granada man to the super eagles fold has raised eyebrows among some Nigerian fans who believes the Al Hilal striker is not needed in the team and the young generation strikers like Victor Oshimen and Emmanuel Dennis are more than enough for the super eagles to see off the Ghanian.
Augustine Eguavoen the current super eagles coach has come out to defend his reason for inviting Ighalo,he stated that Nigerian has a young squad and would need experience heads like ighalo which has been missing in the team, he also added that the young players would learn slot from the veteran and also create healthy competition in the squad.
Forward Odion Ighalo has arrived Super Eagles camp for the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs against the Black Stars of Ghana.
The Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia striker stormed the team’s The Well Carlton Hotel and Apartments camp on Monday morning.The arrival of the striker increased the number in Camp to six.
Earlier, watford’s William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ola Aina, Frank Onyeka and Semi Ajayi were the early birds to arrive the team’s camp.
“More players are expected in camp on Monday as the Super Eagles begin preparation for the two-legged qualifiers against the Black Stars.The Super Eagles will face the Black Stars in the first leg at the Baba Yara Stadium
, Kumasi on Friday.The reverse fixture is billed for the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja four days later.
