Ruben Amorim has clear pre-season precedence as Man Utd proceed switch search
Manchester United have landed within the USA forward of their three-match pre-season tour in opposition to Premier League opposition however Ruben Amorim is maintaining one eye on the switch market
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim led from the entrance when the squad arrived at their Chicago resort to start their pre-season tour. United boss Amorim was one of many first off the group bus when it pulled up on the plush Waldorf Astoria resort, solely pausing to high-five members of safety employees as he made his manner in.
However main from the entrance on the pitch is constant to show problematic for Amorim, whose summer time seek for a striker to resolve United's goalscoring disaster has to this point drawn a clean. A meagre haul of 44 targets within the Premier League final season, as United completed fifteenth, their worst inserting for 51 years, ought to have made recruiting a striker their precedence in the summertime window.
However with 24 days till their opening fixture of the brand new season, at residence to Arsenal, United are nonetheless grubbing round for a brand new No.9 to guide their line, after seeing a number of targets select different golf equipment. Liam Delap joined Chelsea from Ipswich, whereas Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres and Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike are closing in on strikes to Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.
New signings Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo could have scored 15 and 20 targets respectively within the Premier League final season, greater than United duo Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. However these spectacular numbers from Cunha and Mbeumo don’t negate the necessity for United to recruit a prolific striker able to scoring 20-plus targets a season on a constant foundation.
The final United participant to attain greater than 20 Premier League targets in a season was Robin van Persie, who led the membership to their final league title underneath Sir Alex Ferguson in 2012-13. However discovering the again of the online stays a problem for United, as evidenced by the best way they toiled in Saturday's first pre-season encounter with Leeds in Stockholm, which ended goalless.
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United retain an curiosity in Paris Saint-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani, who was on their radar two years in the past, earlier than they finally paid £72million – manner over his true market worth – for Hojlund. A swap deal involving winger Alejandro Garnacho – neglected of the US tour squad after asking to depart – and Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson, each valued round £40m, is another choice.
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Jackson has been pushed down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge following the arrival of Delap from Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton. Three of United's league video games in September have been moved for TV, with the derby in opposition to Manchester Metropolis switched to September 14 at 4:30pm.
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The next weekend, United's go to to Chelsea will nonetheless be performed on September 20, however has been pushed again to five.30pm for TV. United's journey to Brentford – and new signing Mbeumo's first return to his former membership – will kick off at 12.30pm on September 27.
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