Former West Brom captain Jonas Olsson is backing Manchester United's swoop for Shanghai Shenhua striker Odion Ighalo.

Ighalo has joined United on-loan to the end of the season.

Olsson told Viasat: "It feels like an interesting solution.

"He is a type of player that United lacks, especially when (Marcus) Rashford is missing. The threat of depth becomes very important. Then he has something that Rashford and (Anthony) Martial don't have and that is the game with their backs to goal.

"Something United has really been missing since (Romelu) Lukaku disappeared."