Ex-United star wants Mourinho to buy ‘two or three’ goalscorers
Paul Ince hopes Jose Mourinho can add another “two or three” signings to his Manchester United squad that know how to find the back of the net on a regular basis.
The Red Devils only scored 54 goals in the Premier League last season, that’s in comparison to champions Chelsea who managed to net 31 more than their rivals with 85.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged 17 of those and, with the Swede likely to leave this summer, Ince reckons United could do with more goals throughout the starting XI.
“I’d like to see him sign two or three – and I’d like those two or three to be able to come up with plenty of goals,” Ince said.
“Another midfielder, preferably one that scores. And I’d like to see them sign another striker – an A-lister. They were so reliant on Zlatan last season. If you look at the really successful Manchester United teams over the past 20 years, then they used to get goals from all over.
“We had midfielders who scored goals. Giggsy, Scholes, Roy Keane, myself. We had defenders who scored goals – Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister. You could rely on Denis Irwin grabbing a few from left-back.
“Did anyone else get to double figures last season? Ander Herrera doesn’t score enough. Juan Mata doesn’t score enough. I know Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard are kids – but they don’t score enough, either.
“And Jose’s signed Paul Pogba. But if you pay £89million for a midfielder, then surely it’s not too much to ask for him to find the net on a more regular basis?
“Whatever he [Mourinho] does, he needs some more goals. But he knows that.”