Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag desires to signal a striker in the summertime switch window.
The Dutchman felt his goalscoring choices for this season “ought to have been sufficient”.
However with seven video games to play within the Premier League, United have simply 45 targets, the fewest of the highest 10 groups.
Requested at a information convention how important it is going to be to convey a confirmed scorer to Previous Trafford this summer time, Ten Hag stated: “I believe it will assist.”
Ideally, he desires a couple of sturdy challenger for each function on the group.
Ten Hag added: “You want extra choices. You want double positioning in each place.
“Some positions we did not have the alternatives this season – the striker place, the left-back place – and that has a detrimental affect on the outcomes.”
United, who journey to face Bournemouth on Saturday, signed Denmark forward Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta for £72m on a five-year deal final August.
The 21-year-old is the membership’s prime scorer in his debut marketing campaign with 13 targets in 34 appearances in all competitions.
England striker Marcus Rashford has netted eight occasions in 38 video games whereas France worldwide Anthony Martial, out since groin surgical procedure in January, has scored twice in 19 appearances.
“On this plan we constructed we should always have had sufficient targets,” Ten Hag stated.
“You depend on targets from Rashford – final season he scored 30. You depend on targets from Martial – in my first season he performed very nicely, and in addition in crucial video games he had a excessive affect on our performances.
“After which bringing a goalscorer like Rasmus Hojlund in, it ought to have been sufficient targets.”
Ten Hag ‘open’ to switch concepts from new hierarchy
Offered he stays in cost, Ten Hag will probably be working inside totally different parameters within the switch market after Sir Jim Ratcliffe grew to become minority proprietor at United in February, taking management of soccer operations.
Ineos director of sport Sir Dave Brailsford is set to play a key role at Previous Trafford.
United have appointed Omar Berrada as chief executive after he resigned as chief soccer operations officer at Metropolis Soccer Group and he’ll start work in the summertime.
This week United introduced John Murtough was stepping down as soccer director and they’re keen to bring in Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth.
Southampton director of soccer Jason Wilcox has additionally been linked with a task at Previous Trafford.
Ten Hag stated his previous dealings within the switch marketplace for United have been “good” however he’s “open” to enter from key personnel in United’s new construction supplied they match his concepts.
“We’re working within the background on plans with scouting,” stated the 54-year-old former Ajax head coach.
“We’ve got good plans, I believe additionally with high quality gamers. You see now about recruitment: [Andre] Onana is doing very nicely, Rasmus Hojlund, everyone seems to be seeing his massive expertise and potential. [Lisandro] Martinez, everybody was massively proud of him, and there are others.
“So the recruitment is sweet. But when they [new directors] have even higher concepts, we’re all the time open. In case you have choices however they arrive with higher choices, we’re open.
“I belief the brand new possession that they are going to work as fast as attainable and produce new good buildings and that they’ll execute.
“However we now have a manner we wish to play, so we all know our profiles, so it has to match the profiles we would like.”
