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 objectives, the fewest of the highest 10 groups.
Requested at a information convention how important it is going to be to deliver a confirmed scorer to Outdated Trafford this summer time, Ten Hag mentioned: “I believe it could assist.”
Ideally, he desires multiple robust challenger for each function on the workforce.
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 unfavorable influence 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 objectives 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 must always have had sufficient objectives,” Ten Hag mentioned.
“You rely on objectives from Rashford – final season he scored 30. You rely on objectives from Martial – in my first season he performed very effectively, and likewise in essential video games he had a excessive influence on our performances.
“After which bringing a goalscorer like Rasmus Hojlund in, it ought to have been sufficient objectives.”
Ten Hag ‘open’ to switch concepts from new hierarchy
Supplied he stays in cost, Ten Hag can be working inside totally different parameters within the switch market after Sir Jim Ratcliffe turned 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Ineos director of sport Sir Dave Brailsford is set to play a key role at Outdated Trafford.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 Outdated Trafford.
Ten Hag mentioned 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 offered they match his concepts.
“We’re working within the background on plans with scouting,” mentioned the 54-year-old former Ajax head coach.
“Now we have good plans, I believe additionally with high quality gamers. You see now about recruitment: [Andre] Onana is doing very effectively, Rasmus Hojlund, everyone seems to be seeing his huge expertise and potential. [Lisandro] Martinez, everybody was massively pleased with him, and there are others.
“So the recruitment is sweet. But when they [new directors] have even higher concepts, we’re at all times open. If 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 potential and produce new good constructions and that they’ll execute.
“However we’ve a manner we need to play, so we all know our profiles, so it has to match the profiles we would like.”