’s board are ‘concerned’ by the side’s lack of depth in attack after the club’s failure to secure an attacking signing so far this summer.
Christian Eriksen, Tyrell Malacia and Lisandro Martinez have arrived in the transfer window but United are arguably weaker now than last season, having lost , Edinson Cavani, and Juan Mata, as well as .
Ten Hag is keen to strengthen United’s frontline and the club are unwilling to listen to offers for Cristiano Ronaldo, who has asked to leave.
Ronaldo and Anthony Martial are the club’s only recognised centre forwards, while Anthony Elanga and Alejandro Garnacho provide back-up on the wings to Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford.
United had been keen to sign Ajax winger Antony but have been put off by the Dutch giants’ £80m asking price for the Brazilian.
With United still focused on signing Frenkie de Jong, the say the board accept that they have failed to meet Ten Hag’s expectations by failing to sign an attacker.
Ten Hag wants at least one forward player and the Dutchman had ideally wanted to sign two attack-minded players.
But with United set to take on Brighton on Sunday and the window set to close in a month, there are other areas of concern for the club.
At least one central midfield signing is needed and the Red Devils will target Ruben Neves if they fail to land De Jong.
At right-back, Ten Hag wants competition for Diogo Dalot as he’s willing to let Aaron Wan-Bissaka go.
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