Manchester (Archyde.com)
Interim coach Ralf Rangnick said Manchester United should sign two strikers who are “good in modern football” to add real quality to the squad when new coach Erik ten Hag begins his job.
Rangnick will leave his position at the end of the season, and the new Austria coach, who will remain at Old Trafford in an advisory position, said finding a player who might share Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring burden would be one of Ten’s most important tasks.
“United” occupies sixth place in the English Premier League, and has scored 57 goals this season, 27 goals less than the leaders Manchester City.
Portuguese striker Ronaldo scored 24 goals in 38 matches in all competitions, including 18 in the league.
“Cristiano does not play in the center of attack, does not want to play in this position, and it is clear that the club needs at least two new strikers to give this team more quality and options,” Rangnick said.
He added, “We need two strikers who belong to modern football, they do not have to be in the center of the winger, if you look at world football, there are not many big teams that still play with two strikers, most of them play with three strikers or an indistinct spearhead.”
Rangnick pointed to the abundance of talent at the two rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool, and said, “If you look at Liverpool and Manchester City, the two teams have five or six high-quality strikers.”
He said: Gabriel Jesus did not play much, even four weeks ago with City, now he plays once more regularly. Look at the abundance of options in the two teams. If you ask me, does he play as a striker or a winger? And does Jack Grealish play as a winger or a striker?, and they are all good at positions Different attacks, they can also switch roles, which helps the coach to rotate players, we don’t have a lot of these players.