After finishing the 2023/24 Premier League campaign with a negative goal difference, Manchester United should have prioritised attacking signings in last summer's transfer window. Instead they added in three defenders, one defensive-midfielder and just one attacker.

Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt arrived from Bayern Munich and Leny Yoro checked in from Lille to strengthen United's defence before Manuel Ugarte arrived from Paris Saint-Germain on deadline day to beef up the midfield.

At the other end of the pitch, Joshua Zirkzee was signed from Bologna to challenge Rasmus Hojlund at the tip of the attack. Neither player will be in Ruben Amorim's starting XI against Arsenal this weekend.

Although United should have prioritised the addition of a starting striker last summer,

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