Manchester United and short-term stop-gap strikers. It's been a cycle United have struggled through for years, ever since the signing of Romelu Lukaku failed to deliver.
The first and perhaps most symbolic of the club's continued sludge through the mire was in the heady days of January 2020 when Odion Ighalo walked the rarely-trodden path from China back to the Premier League.
The signing of the striker, who left Watford for the Far East three years earlier, made United a bit of a laughing stock. Yet, Ighalo's clear delight at playing for the team he supports endeared him to his fellow fans and four goals and an assist in his first three starts certainly helped as well.
