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Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Super Eagles goalkeeper, says he would love to play alongside Odion Ighalo, his former national team mate, at Manchester United. 

The shot stopper, who plies his trade with Katsina United football club, was speaking during an Instagram live with the Super Eagles media team.

Ezenwa identified the Red Devils as his favourite club in the English Premier League but also admitted that he had always supported Real Madrid from childhood.

“I will join my friend ‘Mummy’ Ighalo in Manchester United,” said the 31-year shot stopper.

“It is possible but I supported Real Madrid growing up.”

Ezenwa also described the former Watford and Shanghai Shenhua star as one of the most professional trainers he has ever met.

“Any training session, he teases me my neck must shake and even though we have trained and trained at the tail end he’ll score,” he said.

Ezenwa was part of the country’s U-23 team that won silver medal at the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics.

He also represented Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia as well as the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, where the Eagles won the bronze medal.

So far, he has earned a total of 21 caps for the African most populous nation.