Odion Ighalo completed his move from Premier League club
Watford to Chinese Super League outfit, Changchun Yatai,
on Tuesday.
This transfer happens almost two years after the Nigerian
striker claimed that God told him to reject the big money he
was being offered from the Far East.
Ighalo revealed he was “very close” to signing for Hebei
China Fortune in 2015, before God spoke with him.
“I was very close,” he told The Daily Mail.
“They made a £10million bid and were offering me over
£200,000 a week; a four-year contract.
“I couldn’t sleep for three days. That kind of money is not
easy to turn down. Some team-mates in the dressing room
were saying ‘You can’t miss this chance’. But I don’t jump
into decisions like that.
prayed about it and God said it was not for me, no matter
how much money it was. I knew God would direct me.
“When I said I don’t want to go, they offered me more
money, almost £300,000 a week. I told them it’s not about
the money.”
After completing the move to Changchun Yatai, Ighalo has
issued a statement thanking the Watford fans for their
support during his time there.
“A special thanks to Watford fans, who I really hold dearly
in my heart because they supported me since the very first
day I came to this club to the last day,” Ighalo told Sky
Sports.
“Even when things weren’t going well for me, they were still
there chanting my name beside me. Though things don’t
always go the way you want in life, you have to keep
moving and working hard.
“Some of them [Watford fans] were not happy because the
goals did not come as they want. I can understand them
because I’ve done it in the past and they want to see it
again.”
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