The Underlap

With Cristiano Ronaldo set to leave, United are going to need attacking reinforcement on their already thin attacking options. While it's highly unlikely that they sign a striker.Even if they do, It will likely be late in the window. United have looked at their best when a focal point was used upfront but with the striker market highly inflated. It will be difficult to find one since the good ones are very expensive & the cheap ones carry too much risk. I have looked at a whole host of attackers and saw the ones that carry little risk and are within Unitied's price range:[£55 million]  I have separated them into 5 categories they could look at. 1. Forward option already at the club 2. Premier League Proven 3. Great Fit but Very Unlikely 4. Second Striker/False 9 5. High Risk,High Reward 1.FORWARD OPTION AT THE CLUB THE RETURN OF ANTHONY MARTIAL Since Ronaldo was never a stylistic fit, it came as no surprise that the output of the other attackers diminished. If Ten Hag want...

  Manchester United just ran out 4-0 winners against arch-rivals Liverpool. Thanks to goals from Sancho,Fred, Tony & Pellistri.One might argue its a pre-season friendly but It is always nice to beat your rivals. It is important not to over analyse a friendly and reach certain conclusions about certain players. It was a great game still. The Starting XI This is the scoring system Bench:N/A|Horrendous:0-2|Bad:2-4|Average:4-6|Good:7|Great:8-9|Amazing:10 Erik Ten Hag - 7/10 He got most of the decisions right especially the one to play the fullbacks as supporting players. His decisions in the second half were strange, especially the one to play Amad upfront. He will be pleased to see the players adapting to Ten Hag Ball. DAVID DE GEA 7/10 He was surprisingly good given how bad he was last season.He made some great saves especially in the first half. He did have some shaky moments and he suprised everyone including himself by coming off his line. He was still good. LUKE SHAW 6/10 He ...