Odion Ighalo, Edinson Cavani, Cristiano Ronaldo and now ... Wout Weghorst.
Given all the many, many millions Manchester United have ploughed into the transfer market like a hapless gambler snared by the sunken cost fallacy, the most glamorous of positions has seen strangely fallow investment in comparison. Of the approximately £685million the club has spent since 2018 on new players, only a paltry £20m or so has gone on strikers.
Not since 2017 have United invested heavily in, theoretically at least, future-proofing their strike force when £75m was spent on Romeu Lukaku. It didn't go to plan and two years later the Belgian left Old Trafford but the fact United haven't moved to sign a proper replacement since seems bizarre given their lavish spending elsewhere.
