Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane criticised striker Rasmus Hojlund after he was guilty of squandering opportunities in the first half of Monday night's FA Cup tie with Wigan Athletic.
20.12.2023 - 16:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Paul Ince has urged Manchester United to target three Serie A players in their attempts to strengthen their squad in the January transfer window.
Spending under Erik ten Hag - who was appointed as United's manager last summer - has topped the £400million-mark while Andre Onana, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund cost the Premier League giants £183million combined this summer. However, the latter has been unable to open his domestic account.
Hojlund, 20, scored five goals in six Champions League matches before United were eliminated at the group stage. Goals remain a huge problem, though, and one Ince wants his old club to solve quickly.
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And he has identified Lautaro Martinez, Domenico Berardi and Nicolo Barella as the three men to do so. Speaking as part of a promotion for DAZN Bet with the January transfer window around the corner, the midfielder-turned-manager and TV pundit said: "Lautaro Martinez and Victor Osimhen are two players who have been looked at by Premier League teams - particularly Osimhen, whose relationship with the owners at Napoli has become a bit fragmented. [Liverpool striker] Darwin Nunez and Hojlund aren't clinical finishers.
"Martinez and Osimhen are. Domenico Berardi would also be fantastic in the Premier League."
Ince, who spent two years at Inter Milan after leaving United in 1995, added: "United don't have an identified striker at the moment as [Anthony] Martial, [Marcus] Rashford, and Hojlund have hardly scored this season and you need a striker who'll get at least 25 goals-a-season if you want to seriously challenge for trophies.
"Rashford achieved that last
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