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Personal trainer says Ighalo ready for Man Utd restart

Odion Ighalo will be ready to go for Manchester United once the Premier League restarts.

That's according to the on-loan Shanghai Shenhua striker's personal trainer, Ekemini Ekerette.

He told Goal: “He's a wonderful athlete, I've never seen someone more passionate about their job than him.

“I think he's in excellent physical condition. He loves the game. He just wants to train. Even if the league wasn't going to played in the next three months he would keep training every day. He is so disciplined.

“His future was not making a difference to his intensity in training. He is just always focused on making sure he's doing what he needs to do and then pushing himself even further."

Ekerette added: "He's a beast and he is ready to go right back into the game. He is a very passionate guy and you can tell that in the way he trains," Ekerette said.

“(Ole Gunnar) Solskjaer has been happy with him from what Ighalo has told me but he always thinks and knows he can do more and he's ready to give more.

“We've been working on a lot of strength work and then he's been able to do ball drills too."

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