Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed what the Red Devils plan to do with Odion Ighalo when they face Chelsea on Monday Night Football.
The 30-year-old signed from Shanghai Shenhua on loan until the end of the season on deadline day but he is yet to meet his team-mates.
Ighalo was prevented from training with United at their warm-weather camp in Marbella during the winter break because the club were worried he would be denied re-entry to the UK over the Coronavirus outbreak in China.
It's expected that the striker will be finally introduced to his team-mates on Sunday in United's final training session before facing Chelsea.
Whilst Ighalo has not been given ample time to get up to speed at the Red Devils, Solskjaer has still suggested that the former Watford man could take the field at Stamford Bridge.
"I never said he was going to be ready to play on Monday," Solskjaer said. "He'll be involved with us and he'll travel down with us. Now he's out of that two-week period - a precaution we made. He'll travel with us and let's see if he's involved or not.
"We've kept in touch with him and, of course, we've done our own programme, he's done his. And it was always going to be a case of him having to integrate into the group, anyway, having been out in China, and he needs to get used to the players and the team and up to speed as quickly as he can.
"But he's been working really hard, I think he's probably pinching himself at times, because he's now at his favourite club at the age of 30. But he's earned that one and hopefully he'll impress us so we can see him play.
"After the injury to Marcus Rashford, it has to be said, we needed another forward and when we got the chance to get Odion on a loan that was, for us, a goalscorer, top scorer Africa Cup of Nations last year. We thought, yeah, he can help the club. He's a very professional player, a good lad and will give something to the group."
