It goes without saying there are a lot of things that differentiate Manchester United over the last seven years from any of Sir Alex Ferguson’s sides of the previous 27 years.
But there is one glaring element of the post-Ferguson era that has run in direct contradiction to the legendary manager’s ethos.
Sir Alex always had at least one - and sometimes as many as four - out-and-out goalscoring strikers. From Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke to Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie, United at their very best had a proper centre-forward; a poacher in the box able to give them a clinical edge in front of goal.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as one of those great Ferguson strikers, will be acutely aware of that fact, hence why he is in the market for a
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