Manchester United are set to pay just a third of Odion Ighalo’s mammoth wages during his time at Old Trafford. Ighalo has just under two years left on his £300,000-per-week contract with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and United are on the verge of agreeing a contract that will see them contribute £100,000-per-week of that figure while he is on their books until the end of the season.

They will also pay a loan fee of between £2m and £4m to borrow the Nigeria international for the rest of the campaign.

Talks over a deal are ongoing, but while the Nigerian remains in China – there’s a feeling that a deal can now be done before yesterday’s deadline.

When Ighalo can fly over due to flight restrictions because of the Coronavirus outbreak remains to be seen but there’s a growing optimism that then deal is possible.

United turned their attention to Ighalo in their increasingly frantic search for a striker after Bournemouth wanted £40million for Josh King.

United conceded defeat in their bid to land Bournemouth’s King after their offer of around £20m on Thursday night was quickly rebuffed and described as ‘a joke’ by senior Bournemouth officials.

They followed that up by informing the Cherries they are now looking at alternatives to King rather than planning to make an improved offer.

Bournemouth were determined not lose King, 28, and United faced having to break the bank to stand any chance of persuading the Cherries to part with the former former Old Trafford academy product.

United are now focusing on Ighalo, who left the Premier League for China three years ago and has, most recently, been at Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.

The 30-year-old scored 40 goals in 100 games for Watford before signing for Shanghai Shenhua in a £22m deal.

The Nigerian enjoyed a decent season last term, scoring 10 goals in 19 games for Shanghai despite missing over two months with a hamstring problem.

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