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Ighalo's rags-to-riches story

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Odion Jude Ighalo grew up in one of the poorest parts of Nigeria. But the 20-year-old is now the latest in an ever lengthening list of footballers with astonishing rags-to-riches stories. He is preparing for his second season in Italy with Udinese, and when he was back in Ajegunle - the tough neighbourhood of Lagos where he grew up - the BBC's Oluwashina Okeleji asked him about his experiences so far in Italy:

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