Manchester United have been reportedly presented with the chance of signing three experienced Premier League forwards, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jamie Vardy and Callum Wilson. Whether they actually snap up any of these figures remains to be seen.
United’s need for more attacking firepower is painfully blunt. Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo were the team’s joint-leading Premier League goalscorers last season with a modest haul of eight.
The only club with a more underwhelming top scorer was rock-bottom Southampton, whose Paul Onuachu found the net just four times—as many as United’s No. 9 Rasmus Højlund and one more than Joshua Zirkzee.
Ruben Amorim has overseen the arrival of Matheus Cunha and is expected to also welcome Bryan Mbeumo into a rejuvenated frontline this summer, but the need for a new striker to operate in front of these more withdrawn forwards persists.
Given the financial constraints imposed upon a United side which won’t be competing in any European competition during the upcoming campaign, it has been suggested that the Red Devils could be forced to recruit a more modestly priced centre-forward.
