EPL: 'I give God glory' - Ighalo writes farewell letter to Manchester United .
Odion Ighalo, on Tuesday, paid tribute to Manchester United with a farewell letter.
The Nigerian striker thanked Man United management and fans around the world for the love shown to him during his time at Old Trafford.
The 31-year-old also showed gratitude to God for helping him fulfill his lifelong dream of putting on a Man United shirt as a player.
Ighalo’s loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua expires January 31, 2021, after a year at Old Trafford.
Full farewell letter from Odion Ighalo:
“It’s so hard to see this dream come to an end. But I give God the glory for helping me fulfill this lifelong dream of putting on a Manchester United shirt as a player and represent this great club, it was indeed an honor I will forever cherish and be grateful for.
“To the Manager, I say thank you for trusting and believing in me when many did not, to my amazing teammates I will miss you guys, it was always fun and a time i look forward to training and spending time with all of you. And I pray we win the LEAGUE and FA cup this year.
“To the best fans in the world ( the Manchester United fans ) we have missed you, but we hear your voices cheering us on from afar, we can’t wait to have you all back on the stands.
“I’m still and would remain a MANCHESTER UNITED FAN forever. Once a Red, always a Red Thank you @manchesterunited and God bless.”
AC Milan striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has apologized for his sending off during their 2-1 defeat to Inter Milan in a fiesty derby on Tuesday.
Ibrahimovic gave his side the lead in the Coppa Italia quarter-final, before tempers became frayed in the San Siro.
The Swede and Romelu Lukaku, who played together at Manchester United, locked heads and exchanged words at the end of the first half.
The pair had to be kept apart as the players left the pitch for the interval.
The referee brandished a yellow to both players, before giving Ibrahimovic another caution and a red in the second half for a foul on Aleksandar Kolarov.
“He apologised like the great champion he is,” Milan manager, Stefano Pioli, said.
“He got a bit caught up in the desire to help the team.
“It was not easy to stay in the game a man down. The pressure from Inter was strong.”
Everton boss, Carlo Ancelotti, has said that Frank Lampard did well as Chelsea manager during his time at the West London club.
Ancelotti, who was sacked by Chelsea in the tunnel following a defeat to Everton on the final day of the season in 2011, also said that the club’s reason to sack Lampard as their manager was not enough.
The Italian believes Lampard, his former player at Chelsea, can make a swift return to management soon after he was sacked by Chelsea.
Lampard was sacked on Monday by Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, after he guided the Blues to beat Luton Town 3-1 in the FA Cup fourth round encounter on Sunday.
“It is not unusual that a manager is sacked, Frank Lampard knows this,” Ancelotti said at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday ahead of Everton’s Premier League with Leicester City on Wednesday.
“I think my personal opinion is being sacked is part of our job, we have to understand this.
“That is it, I was sacked everywhere, so I have to consider this fact. It is part of our job, Frank will find another opportunity soon, and because he’s a good manager, he did well at Chelsea.
“But I think the reason for the club it was not enough. It is simple. In the end, it is not sad news, close one door and for him, I understand Chelsea was his club, he played for them, for sure he is going to have another opportunity soon.”
Ancelotti added, “Listen, Chelsea is not more difficult than other clubs. It’s the same.
“Every club has expectations, and when things are not how they like, what are they going to do, change 20 players? The easiest way is to change the manager.
“This is what happens in football. All the managers know this. You have to consider this as a part of our job. Nothing more.”
