Odion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: ReutersOdion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: Reuters
Odion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: Reuters
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Home and Away by Peter Simpson

No comfort for fans of Chinese clubs after another raid on the bargain basement of foreign players

Former Watford striker Odion Ighalo could only resist temptation so long and made a spectacular £20 million switch; the latest in a long list of ‘pioneers’ to head east

Peter Simpson
Peter Simpson

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Odion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: ReutersOdion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: Reuters
Odion Ighalo signed for Changchun Yatai for an eye-watering £20 million. Photo: Reuters
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