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Odion Ighalo earning big bonuses at Manchester United after taking pay cut

Odion Ighalo is being rewarded for his fine start to life at Manchester United with some huge bonuses, according to The Sun.

The former Watford striker took a pay cut of 40 per cent on his mega £300,000-a-week contract with Shanghai Shenhua to move to Old Trafford in January.

Ighalo was so desperate to join United, the team he supported as a boy in Nigeria, that he was willing to see his salary noticeably reduced.

Odion Ighalo celebrates after scoring his fourth goal for Manchester United against LASK

However, he has already started to make up the deficit after a number of lucrative bonuses were included in his deal with the Red Devils.