Watford To Force Ighalo Move to China

Watford had forced Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo move to China.

Odion Ighalo had earlier stated earlier that he would remain in the premier league after turning down lucrative offers from the Chinese on three occasions.

Watford had possibly left the striker with no other choice as they made it clear they will allow him to move only to China. The club had earlier frustrated effort by West Brom to obtain the services of Ighalo, with their eyes on China club £21 million offer.

This will put Ighalo in a unusual situation as he might lose his place in the Super Eagles, as the coach had earlier warned him against moving to the less competitive China league.

LIST OF PAST WINNERS OF AFCON

The Africa Cup of Nation, AFCON is a football tournament competition that sees Africa nations compete for who will be King of Africa Football.

The first tournament in 1957 was hosted in Sudan and won by the Pharaoh of Egypt and the Egyptians remain the team to have won the AFCON tournament more with six titles to their name and have qualified for the tournament a record 22 times.

Nigeria has won the AFCON three times and have qualified 17 times for the tournament and have the third best records in terms of games won in Africa cup of Nations.

Below is the list of past winners:

YEAR      Winner

1957         Egypt

1959         United Arab Republic

1962         Ethiopia

1963         Ghana

1965         Ghana

1968         Congo DR

1970         Sudan

1972         Congo

1974         Zaire

1976         Morocco

1978         Ghana

1980          Nigeria

1982          Ghana

1984          Cameroon

1986          Egypt

1988          Cameroon

1990          Algeria

1992          Ivory coast

1994          Nigeria

1996          South Africa

1998           Egypt

2000           Cameroon

2002           Cameroon

2004           Tunisia

2006            Egypt

2008            Egypt

2010            Egypt

2012            Zambia

2013            Nigeria

2015            Ivory Coast