Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has stated that the Red Devils need “someone who wants to break their nose to score a goal” as the end of the January transfer window comes near.
The red side of Manchester was denied a place in the League Cup final on Wednesday despite a 1-0 second-leg victory over rivals Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium as it was not quite enough to overturn a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford.
Solskjaer was again without his clubs’ top-scorer Marcus Rashford, as the English forward is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to a stress fracture in his back, leaving French attacker Anthony Martial and 18-year-old Mason Greenwood as his only striking options upfront.
Due to the lack of attacking options, the 46-year-old Solskjaer has explained that United need to sign a few more goalscorers in the winter transfer market, “We need more goalscorers, we need more goals. That’s a definite, I need someone who wants to break their nose to score a goal or their toe. It doesn’t have to be the nice ones. We know that.”
Solskjaer’s team currently sits in fifth place on the Premier League table and are six points outside the top four and the fallen giants are running out of time to bring in another forward having offloaded Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez in the summer before the season began.
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