By Akeem Lawal
SUPER Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo will have his hands
full when he makes his debut for Changchua Yatai on Saturday in the Chinese Super
League against Shanghai SIPG that parades the likes of former Chelsea attacking
midfielder Oscar and ex-Porto striker Hulk, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
Ighalo, who joined Changchun Yatai from Watford, for a
whopping £20m fee, will no doubt be looked up to by the Far East side to
produce the goals that will catapult them to the title and an Asian Champions
League qualification ticket as the league kicks off this weekend.
The Brazilian duo, signed for a combined total of
£98million in the last two transfer windows, are in top form right now as they were
both on target for the Red Eagles in 5-1 thrashing of Western Sydney Wanderers in the AFC Champions
League last week. The team also boasts of former Real Madrid defender, Ricardo
Carvalho.
Ighalo is however not bothered by the stars in the
opposing team as he remained focused on having a good debut in China.
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Oscar and Hulk celebrate with Shanghai SIPG
team mates
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“CSL season starts today, I can't wait to get a feel of
how it looks like🙏#🇳🇬>🇳🇴>🇮🇹>🇪🇸>🇬🇧
& now to>🇨🇳thanking God for the
journey so far🙏⚽️,” the
Nigerian forward said on his Instagram page on Friday.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com also reports that other matches involving Nigerian stars will see Super
Eagles captain, Mikel Obi and Brown Ideye in action for Tiajin TEDA against
Shandong Luneng, while ‘weapon of mass destruction’ Obafemi Martins will be in
action for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua against Jiangsu Suning.
Meanwhile, Anthony Ujah was not in action for Liaoning
Whowin in a 1-1 draw away to Guizhou Zhicheng on Friday in the opening game of the season.
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