Manchester United Close to agreeing

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Nigeria forward Odion Ighalo will be able to finish the current football season with Manchester United after the club extended his contract.

The 30-year-old joined United in January on a loan deal from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua that was expected to finish on 31 May - following the scheduled conclusion of the campaign.

However, there has not been any Premier League football played since 9 March, although it will resume again on 17 June after the shutdown because of coronavirus.

Ighalo will now be at United until January 2021. The club are fifth in the Premier League with nine matches of the 2019-20 season left and are also in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the last 16 of the Europa League.