{"id":4078,"date":"2020-02-24T13:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2020-02-24T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:14:06","slug":"fernandes-is-quality-ighalo-a-proven-goalscorer-mata-expecting-big-things-from-man-utd-new-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fernandes is quality &amp; Ighalo a proven goalscorer\u2019 \u2013 Mata expecting big things from Man Utd new boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> The Red Devils midfielder has been impressed by two January arrivals and is tipping them to help raise the collective standard at Old Trafford <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Bruno Fernandes is a \u201cquality\u201d addition for Manchester United and Odion Ighalo\u2019s prior experience of life in the Premier League bodes well when it comes to making an impact in new surroundings, says Juan Mata.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils welcomed two fresh faces onto their books during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>A protracted saga involving Fernandes was brought to a close when the Portugal international midfielder was prised from Sporting in a \u20ac55 million (\u00a347m\/$60m) deal.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.hoostyle.com\/IQOS' title='IQOS White'>IQOS White<\/a>             <\/p>\n<section  data-module=\"user\/team\" data-settings=\"{&quot;titles&quot;:[&quot;Made for you&quot;,&quot;Team picks&quot;],&quot;englishTitles&quot;:[&quot;Made for you&quot;,&quot;Team picks&quot;],&quot;topTeams&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3kq9cckrnlogidldtdie2fkbl&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Real Madrid&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;agh9ifb2mw3ivjusgedj7c3fe&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Barcelona&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;bqbbqm98ud8obe45ds9ohgyrd&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Juventus&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6eqit8ye8aomdsrrq0hk3v7gh&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Manchester United&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;a3nyxabgsqlnqfkeg41m6tnpp&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Manchester City&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9q0arba2kbnywth8bkxlhgmdr&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Chelsea&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4dsgumo7d4zupm2ugsvm4zm4d&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Arsenal&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;c8h9bw1l82s06h77xxrelzhur&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Liverpool&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2b3mar72yy8d6uvat1ka6tn3r&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;PSG&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;apoawtpvac4zqlancmvw4nk4o&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Bayern M\\u00fcnchen&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;22doj4sgsocqpxw45h607udje&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Tottenham Hotspur&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4ku8o6uf87yd8iecdalipo6wd&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Atl\\u00e9tico Madrid&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3vo5mpj7catp66nrwwqiuhuup&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Internazionale&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9dntj5dioj5ex52yrgwzxrq9l&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Milan&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;dt4pinj0vw0t0cvz7za6mhmzy&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Borussia Dortmund&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ajab3nmpoltsoeqcuoyi4pwzx&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Brazil&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;eh7yt2x2wck51oixw8012ux5j&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Spain&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ak48fkypnql8y4n69cvcq5ghc&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Argentina&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3l2t2db0c5ow2f7s7bhr6mij4&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Germany&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ck8m1cn23sukwsurgx5qakttk&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;England&quot;}],&quot;articleIdToExclude&quot;:&quot;1mnay5qicvd8b1hxyp3d90kkx8&quot;,&quot;teamAjaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.goal.com\\\/en\\\/ajax\\\/user-team\\\/uuid&quot;,&quot;teamApiUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.goal.com\\\/en\\\/ajax\\\/user-team-data\\\/uuid&quot;}\">\n<p>\n<p><p>More teams<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He was followed through the doors at Old Trafford on deadline day by former Watford striker Ighalo.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has eased both of his winter recruits into the fold in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Igahlo has taken in two outings off the bench, with Anthony Martial still being favoured in a central striking role, while Fernandes has caught the eye with his creativity and composure in the United engine room.<\/p>\n<p>Mata believes there is more to come from two proven performers, telling United Review: \u201cWe welcomed them both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruno is a very good player, we all know that, and a very nice guy also.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been in contact a lot. He speaks Spanish mixed with Portuguese which is not very different. So he\u2019s a good guy and I think he\u2019s settling in very well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s found his place in Manchester [to live] and also with the help of Fred, Andreas and Diogo [Dalot] he\u2019s enjoying it. They\u2019ve helped him a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully he can help us in this second part of the season and I\u2019m sure he will because he\u2019s a quality player.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOdion has experience of playing in the Premier League and hopefully he will score many goals for us from now until the end of the season, and, as the manager said, he\u2019s a good character as well and he\u2019s got a good personality which has fitted straight into the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe better he does, then the better for us \u2013 and I wish him all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo was taken from Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua on an initial loan agreement but has already stated his desire to earn a permanent switch, with the Nigerian fromtman a boyhood United fan now living a professional dream.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Devils midfielder has been impressed by two January arrivals and is tipping them to help raise the collective standard at Old Trafford Bruno Fernandes is a \u201cquality\u201d addition for Manchester United and Odion Ighalo\u2019s prior experience of life in the Premier League bodes well when it comes to making an impact in new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}