Watford reject N14bn bid for Ighalo
– Watford have rejected a bid for Odion Ighalo
– Hornet owner not ready to cash in on the striker
– Shanghai SIPG made a £37.5m bid for Ighalo
English Premier League side Watford have rejected an offer of £37.5m for Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo from free-spending Shanghai SIPG of the Chinese Super League.
Odion Ighaloplaying for the national team
According to sources, Watford owner Giampaolo Pozzo does not want to cash in on Nigeria forward
The Chinese club broke their transfer record this week when they signed Hulk from Zenit St Petersburg for £46.1m but they are unlikely to add Ighalo to their squad after Watford’s refusal to even consider the offer.
Ighalo scored 17 goals in 42 appearances last season and has been linked with a move away from the club who also rejected a £25m bid for Ighalo’s striker partner and club captain Troy Deeney from Leicester City. Ighalo has four years left on his contract.
Shanghai, who are managed by the former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, have the former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan in their squad as well as the newly arrived Hulk.
Shanghai are fourth in the Chinese Super League after 15 games, 12 points behind the leaders Guangzhou Evergrande.
Watford, who have a new manager this season in Walter Mazzarri, after Quique Sanchez Flores left the club, kick off the Premier League season against Southampton on 13 August.
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