Ighalo Ensures that it refused a proposal of the Barça in the wintry market

The FC Barcelona wants to apuntalar the place of nine fichando a leading centre, a position that already covered temporarily in the market of winter. The Catalans had lost to Munir The Haddadi and wanted an acting for Luis Suárez, something complicated to certify explaining that his main aims were inaccessible in this moment. Finally it opted for incorporating yielded to Kevin-Prince Boateng, although apparently the history could have been something distinct.

Between the names that situated in the Barcelona orbit also coló the one of Odion Ighalo, ariete of the Changchung Yatai that finish confirming his traspaso to the Shanghai Shenhua the past 14 February. The Nigerian is 29 years old, added several interesting seasons in the Granada and the Watford and fulfilled with the profile looked for, since it could arrive to low cost and had experience and quality acting in the tip of the attack.

Now, the African has heaved the voice in an interview for 'BBC Sport', in which it has ensured that his mudanza to the Camp Nou frustrated because it did not want to be acting. The one of Lagos has explained that valued the offer, but that prefirío bet by a project with more guarantees on a long-term basis: "My agent spoke me on an interest of the Barcelona. The club wanted a forward with experience in The League and somebody that understand the Spanish football. It was allocated to be a signing of six months and strictly like an acting forward".

"It was well listen that the Barcelona was interested and any footballer would be more than happy to face this challenge. But with the owed respect, finish to be the maximum second goleador of China with 21 goals and did not want to be player of short term somewhere. We refuse it, it went an easy decision to take and chose to remain me in China fichando by the Shanghai Shenhua with a longer agreement", has revealed, appreciating the interest and commented that no arrepiente for nothing of his election.

"You need sopesar the things properly in the life and ask you if it is your decision or one to satisfy to the other. No me arrepiento at all because I am happy in the Shanghai Shenhua. Gather me with my ex trainer in the Watford, Quique Sánchez Flores is thrilling and loves me", has reflexionado, without concerning too much by what could be and was not.

After Boateng, the Barça could bet by Jovic or Griezmann

Although Boateng neither will be a historical signing for the Barça, will exert during some months his paper of 'patch' until the Barça can concretise a more important signing. In the City Condal looks for to the possible heir of Luis Suárez, and for the time being those that seem with more options to dress of Barcelona are Luka Jovic and Antoine Griezmann, two options that, although advanced, have to mature on the way to the market veraniego.