Manchester United are still in the market to make signings across the pitch this summer despite already making some key signings. Now, former Red Devil Michael Owen has made his thoughts known on who the club need to sign this summer.
The Red Devils have already signed Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna and Leny Yoro from LOSC Lille for a combined total of close to £90 million.
However, thanks to injuries to both centre-back Leny Yoro and striker Rasmus Hojlund, ruling them out of the start of the season, United are once again in need to new recruits.
Now, former player turned pundit, Michael Owen has weighed in on United’s next steps.
Michael Owen comments on United’s transfer business
Speaking to Casino Hawks, the Premier League legend claimed that United to to turn back to the transfer market to sign another striker.
Commenting on the signing of Zirkzee, Owen said: “Joshua Zirkzee could be an important player for Manchester United, but it will be really interesting at the start of the new season to see if they are going to adapt to a certain style of play,”
He continued: “Zirkzee doesn’t look prolific in terms of goals but what is for sure is that Manchester United needed bolstering in that position. You look back at the great United teams, they had four top strikers at times.
“Manchester United have just had a dearth of goal scorers in recent years so bringing in a talented player won’t go amiss there.
“The next step will just be to wait and see how he does, but at some point Manchester United are going to need somebody who’s going to bang in plenty of goals like they’ve had with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney as well as others down the years.
“At the moment you can only look at what Zirkzee has done so far and watch this space with him, it isn’t just having another body of quality up there but I think it will be a positive for Manchester United.
“At the moment the manager can hardly change things up there a lot of the time, especially with all the injuries that they have had. If it hasn’t been working then there hasn’t been much to bring on to change.
“So another body is great but even though it’s an exciting signing we need to hold fire and see how he settles in.”
Owen’s comments highlight the lack of a group of impressive goal scorers with Hojlund and Zirkzee as the only two senior strikers.
Whilst his comments aren’t highlighting any particular striker for United to sign, Owen does make his point clear that two senior strikers, with one unproven in the Premier League are not enough to reach United’s former heights.
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