{"id":320049,"date":"2026-04-17T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320049"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:30:48","slug":"look-no-further-sam-allardyce-urges-man-utd-to-sign-30m-striker-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/look-no-further-sam-allardyce-urges-man-utd-to-sign-30m-striker-football\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Look no further!&#8217; &#8211; Sam Allardyce urges Man Utd to sign \u00a330m striker | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Former Premier League Sam Allardyce (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sam Allardyce has urged Manchester United to sign a Premier League striker in the summertime transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the main target around United\u2019s transfer plans for the summer is across the acquisition of a brand new midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils, back within the Champions League places under caretaker boss Michael Carrick, at the moment are planning to sign two midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s first-choice goal.<\/p>\n<p>Midfield just isn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s Myles Lewis-Skelly and Newcastle United\u2019s Lewis Hall have emerged as full-backs targets for United, while Allardyce has really helpful Old Trafford bosses sign striker Igor Thiago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271181797.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28000005\" alt=\"Manchester United v Leeds United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thiago has been a revelation at Brentford since his \u00a330m move from Club Brugge, scoring 24 goals in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>With 21 goals within the Premier League alone, only Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland has registered more league goals than Thiago with 22.<\/p>\n<p>Thiago\u2019s form has not gone unnoticed with rival clubs and ex-Premier League manager Allardyce believes Manchester United should goal the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270299676.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28000018\" alt=\"Brentford v Everton - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>In-form Brentford striker Igor Thiago (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Edk1JlFhhFI\">No Tippy Tappy Football podcast<\/a>, Allardyce said: \u2018I mean, who\u2019s going to purchase Brentford\u2019s centre-forward, Igor Thiago?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Manchester United have to look no further so far as I\u2019m concerned. He\u2019s hit the 20-goal mark, you don\u2019t have to look any further.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I believed they\u2019d go for [Jean-Philippe] Mateta, but perhaps together with his age they thought higher of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But this Brazilian lad [Thiago], he\u2019s scored 20 goals already and has got Brentford almost pushing for Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Brentford were widely tipped to struggle at the beginning of the season following Thomas Frank\u2019s departure but Keith Andrews has taken the Bees as much as seventh within the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United, meanwhile, remain third within the table and on track for Champions League qualification despite Monday\u2019s shock defeat at home to Leeds United.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick\u2019s side travel to Stamford Bridge to face struggling Chelsea on Saturday while Brentford return to motion against London rivals Fulham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the most recent news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Patrick Vieira makes Arsenal title and Champions League prediction<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Paul Merson urges Michael Carrick to drop Manchester United star for Chelsea clash<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Bukayo Saka injury latest with Arsenal return plans explained for Man City clash<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Premier League Sam Allardyce (Picture: Getty) Sam Allardyce has urged Manchester United to sign a Premier League striker in the summertime transfer window. Much of the main target around United\u2019s transfer plans for the summer is across the acquisition of a brand new midfielder. 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