Ighalo has been in a devastating form this season scoring 14 goals so far in the top flight after 20 goals last season to aid the Hornets' promotion from the English Championship.
Teams in England and Europe which include Atletico Madrid and AS Roma are reportedly eyeing the signature of the Super Eagles striker, but Deeney believes the Watford owner, Gino Pozzo will not make a mistake of allowing Ighalo to go.
“He (Ighalo) ain’t going in January. If no one wanted any of our players we’d be c**p. So, come and want him as much as you want but I know Gino [Pozzo, the Watford owner] and it just wouldn’t make sense,” Deeney told theguardian.com.
“Why would he sell a striker and want to stay in the league? The value of selling Odion for, what would he be worth? £20 million, £25 million? Or staying up and getting £200 million? Simple business maths, he’s not going to sell him. Odion doesn’t come in saying: ‘I want to leave.’ He’ll just keep doing what he’s doing. We just laugh at it.”
Ighalo, it will be recalled on Monday night became the first player to score in six consecutive EPL games for Watford in a 1-2 loss to Tottenham Hotspur at Vicarage Road. The strike was also the 34th goal by Ighalo in 2015, who emerges the best striker in English all top four divisions.
Meanwhile, the Quique Sanchez Flores-piloted Watford is eighth on the EPL table with 29 points from 19 games.
Caption: Ighalo shows skill during a game.
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