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Manchester United's Ighalo working with Team GB Taekwondo squad to improve fitness

In an attempt to sharpen his fitness, Manchester United’s Deadline Day signing Odion Ighalo has been taking double training sessions with Great Britain's Olympic Taekwondo squad in Manchester.

The former Nigeria international joined the Premier League side on a six-month loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua, with the Chinese Super League in the off-season.

With Ighalo consequently rusty, having not played competitively in months, he teamed up with the squad preparing for the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo.

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Performance coach Wayne Richardson, who the forward brought on board to help with his fitness, has been extremely impressed by the 30-year-old's motivation to make an instant impact for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men.