Manchester United landed in the US prior to their three-match Pre-season tour against Premier League-Opposition, but Ruben Amorim monitors the transfer market
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim led from the front when the team arrived in their hotel in Chicago to start their tour for the season. United boss Amorim was one of the first in the team bus when it came to the Plush Waldorf Astoria Hotel, only pausing to high-five members of security staff while putting himself in the way.
But leading the front on the field remains problematic for Amorim, whose summer search for a striker to resolve the goal crisis of United has drawn a blank. A lean trek of 44 goals in the Premier League last season, because United finished 15th, their worst placement for 51 years, should have made their priority in the summer window.
But with 24 days until their opening match of the new season, at home at Arsenal, United is still popping around for a new No. 9 to lead their line after he had seen a large number of goals, chose other clubs. Liam Delap came to Chelsea from Ipswich, while he is approaching Viktor Gyokores from Lisbon and Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike on movements to Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.
New signing sessions Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo may have scored 15 and 20 goals last season in the Premier League, more than United Duo Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. But those impressive figures from Cunha and Mbeumo do not deny the need for United to recruit a productive striker that is able to score more than 20 goals per season on a consistent basis.
The last United player who scored more than 20 Premier League goals in a season was Robin van Persie, who led the club to their last league title under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2012-13. But finding the back of the net remains a problem for United, as evidenced by the way they floating in the first previous season meeting with Saturday with Leeds in Stockholm, who ended Goiless.
United retains an interest in Paris Saint -Germain -Spits Randal Kolo Muani, who was on their radar two years ago, before they finally paid £ 72 million – far above his actual market value – for Hojlund. A swap deal in which wing player Alejandro Garnacho was involved – omitted from the American Tour team to leave – and Chelsea -striker Nicolas Jackson, both appreciated around £ 40 million, is another option.
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Jackson has been pushed the pecking order on Stamford Bridge after the arrival of Delap from Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton. Three from United's League matches in September have been moved for TV, with the Derby against Manchester City switched to September 14 at 4.30 pm.
The next weekend United's visit to Chelsea will still be played on September 20, but was reduced until 5.30 pm for TV. The journey from United to Brentford – and new signing of Mbeumo's first return to his former club – starts on 27 September at 12.30 pm.