Eagles’ Outings Affected My Form – Ighalo

Super Eagles and Watform of England striker Odion Ighalo believes he has struggled in the second half of the season with Watford because of his exploits with the Nigerian National team.

The Eagles marksman has scored 16 goals in all competitions this season for the Hornets but he has only found the back of the net three times in 2016, with just one of those goals coming in the Premier League.

Ighalo, who has been linked with the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United in recent weeks, feels travelling to link up with the Super Eagles has impacted on his domestic form. “After you play at the weekend you have to fly to and play with the national team.

You then play twice in six or seven days after a long flight. I remember that [in March] I flew from here to Nigeria. It was seven hours.

Then we flew to Egypt, back again to Nigeria and then back to England,” he said. “It was really difficult and telling on me. We are humans, not robots. So it’s really tiring. But what can you do? It’s your national team. We are all working to represent the national team.”