Sam Allardyce has urged Manchester United to sign a Premier League striker in the summertime transfer window.
Much of the main target around United’s transfer plans for the summer is across the acquisition of a brand new midfielder.
Manchester United were already planning to sign a brand new central midfielder before Casemiro announced in January that he was leaving at the top of the season.
The Red Devils, back within the Champions League places under caretaker boss Michael Carrick, at the moment are planning to sign two midfielders.
Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton and Carlos Baleba have been heavily linked with moves to Old Trafford, with the Nottingham Forest star believed to be United’s first-choice goal.
Midfield just isn’t the one area Manchester United could take a look at, nonetheless, with several pundits of the opinion that strengthening can also be needed within the attacking and full-back positions.
Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly and Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall have emerged as full-backs targets for United, while Allardyce has really helpful Old Trafford bosses sign striker Igor Thiago.
Thiago has been a revelation at Brentford since his £30m move from Club Brugge, scoring 24 goals in all competitions this season.
With 21 goals within the Premier League alone, only Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has registered more league goals than Thiago with 22.
Thiago’s form has not gone unnoticed with rival clubs and ex-Premier League manager Allardyce believes Manchester United should goal the Brazilian.
Speaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, Allardyce said: ‘I mean, who’s going to purchase Brentford’s centre-forward, Igor Thiago?
‘Manchester United have to look no further so far as I’m concerned. He’s hit the 20-goal mark, you don’t have to look any further.
‘I believed they’d go for [Jean-Philippe] Mateta, but perhaps together with his age they thought higher of it.
‘But this Brazilian lad [Thiago], he’s scored 20 goals already and has got Brentford almost pushing for Europe.’
Brentford were widely tipped to struggle at the beginning of the season following Thomas Frank’s departure but Keith Andrews has taken the Bees as much as seventh within the Premier League.
Manchester United, meanwhile, remain third within the table and on track for Champions League qualification despite Monday’s shock defeat at home to Leeds United.
Carrick’s side travel to Stamford Bridge to face struggling Chelsea on Saturday while Brentford return to motion against London rivals Fulham.
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