Watford coach Quique Sanchez Flores insists he is unconcerned by reports linking Arsenal with a move for Nigeria international striker Odio Ighalo.
Former Udinese frontman Ighalo has enjoyed a superb first season in the Premier League, where he has scored 14 goals as well as one in the FA Cup, and his contribution to his club’s efforts to retain its top-flight status has not gone unnoticed.
Indeed, he has been linked with a summer move to the Gunners, something which has come as no surprise to his manager.
Flores said: “Speculation about Ighalo is very normal. He has been one of the best strikers of the season, so it’s very normal.”
Ighalo, who has scored just twice in his last 10 games, has formed a deadly partnership with Troy Deeney, although he too has endured something of a barren spell in recent weeks.
Deeney’s double in a 2-1 league win at Crystal Palace on February 13 ended a six-game wait for a goal, although Flores is adamant he was never unduly concerned.
He said: “I know that other players need to support the goals of he and Ighalo, of course. We have a very good second line with [Etienne] Capoue, with [Almen] Abdi, with [Jose Manuel] Jurado, with other players who can score.
“But the situation is that we create attempts, but the players who score are Ighalo and Deeney. But the most important thing is that when we finish the match – we shoot maybe 12, 14 times and have other players shooting also, but the evidence is it is Ighalo and Deeney.”
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