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“I know he’s looking forward to getting back into the starting XI and [showing] that he belongs to be there,” said the head coach. “He was ready to enter as a sub [at Middlesbrough]. We didn’t need him but he was ready to be play

According to the General Manager, Marketing, MultiChoice, Martin Mabutho: “Ighalo’s journey to football stardom has been a source of inspiration for many. His passion and performance in the game have made him well respected both home and abroad. As a brand, we are going down memory lane with Ighalo and will discover how he was able to live his dream from the streets of Ajegunle to the tables of the Premier League

It leaves record signing, Salomon Rondon, Rickie Lambert and youngster Jonathan Leko as the only guaranteed strikers to be at the club when the new season gets under way next month

While the pressure of relegation may be off, though, Pulis insisted in the wake of his side’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester City last weekend that he would not allow his players to take their foot off the pedal in the closing months of the campaign

Hornets boss, Quique Sanchez Flores, revealed his 26-year-old Nigerian top scorer, who has been an ever-present in the Premier League so far this season, suffered the problem during last Sunday’s 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final win at Arsenal

Wenger’s side continued in the same vein but, despite their possession and general dominance, clear-cut chances were at a premium, with goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon – who replaced Heurelho Gomes in the lineup minutes before kickoff – going largely untested