Ralf Rangnick has advised Manchester United to recruit modern forwards who can play fluidly rather than old-fashioned number nines.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 24th club goal of the season in the 3-0 win over Brentford to surpass his first 20-goal season tally for United in 2006-07. The 37-year-old appeared to say he was not 'finished' at United in front of a camera on the pitch at full-time.
Rangnick has already stressed United need two strikers next season to offset the departure of Edinson Cavani, while Anthony Martial could be sold and Marcus Rashford is considering his future.
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Mason Greenwood is unavailable for United indefinitely and his absence has been repeatedly cited by Rangnick in his assessment of United's issues this season.
While specifying the profile of striker United needed, Rangnick mentioned Manchester City number nine Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish, a playmaker who usually operates from the left.
Rangnick said: "For me, it is obvious Manchester United needs two more quality strikers that just give this team more options, more quality and more weapons."
When Rangnick was asked what he specifically meant, he added: "Strikers. Modern strikers do not necessarily have to be wingers. If you look to Liverpool or Manchester City and look at their strikers, they have five or six top-class strikers.
"Gabriel Jesus, until four or five weeks ago, he hardly played. Now he is playing again regularly and if you look at the number of players they have and ask me if Gabriel Jesus is a central striker or a winger, is Grealish a central striker or a winger, they are all strikers who can play in different positions, they can also switch and they can rotate.
"That kind of players, we don't have that many. Mason Greenwood would have been one of those players who regularly played but then after the West Ham game he was no longer part of the squad.
"Martial was on loan at Sevilla, Edinson Cavani was injured most of the time so we didn't have that many alternatives up front."
