Ahead of the January transfer window, Ighalo is one of a number of strikers looking at a new club.
Ighalo, who played for Manchester United and Watford in the English premier league, is currently playing in Saudi Arabia.
Sky Sports News has been told that Ighalo would seriously consider a move if he was to be contacted by Al Shabab.
The Saudi Professional League has a top scorer in Ighalo. The Nigerian moved to the Middle East after his loan deal at Old Manchester came to an end.
Ighalo spent three years at the road.
The contract of the 32-year-old expires in the summer of 2023.
Ighalo scored 40 goals in 100 appearances forWatford between 2014 and 2017 and netted five times in 23 games for United during his year-long spell at the club between January 2020 and January 2021.
The January transfer plans of Newcastle were analysed.
Sky Sports News correspondents are looking at the January transfer window for Newcastle as they fight to stay in the top flight.
Eddie Howe gave a wish-list of players to improve the squad in January, and the club are working hard to get them.
The new head coach and his staff have drawn up a catalogue of talent they would like to sign, but they have found themselves between a rock and a hard place as they try to balance the short-term task of survival and a longer-term vision that may include the Championship.
Since the new Saudi Arabia-backed owners took over, the club has been linked with a number of high-profile names from across Europe.
Sky Sports News has been told that many of the players are reluctant to play in the second tier during a World Cup year.
Which players have been linked with the team?
The transfer window opens on January 1 and will be the first chance for the club to sign a new player since the Saudi-backed acquisition of Mike Ashley.
Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele and Joe Rodon are two of the players that have been linked.
Keep up to date with all the transfer rumors.
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