Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim leads the team when they visit Chicago (USA) to start the pre-season tour.
Amorim was one of the first to get on the team's bus when it stopped in front of the luxurious Waldorf Astoria hotel. After that, the strategist stopped to greet the security staff before entering.
But improving the attack is still a difficult problem for Amorim, who is looking for a striker to solve Man United's scoring crisis this summer. However, they have not had any results yet.
Man United scored just 44 Premier League goals last season in a contest where they finished 15th. Therefore, the attack should have been their top priority in the summer transfer window of 2025.
However, with just over 20 days left until the opening match of the new season, welcoming Arsenal at home, Man United are still actively looking for a new number 9 player for the attack. They have even seen a series of their targets shift to other clubs.
Liam Delap has joined Chelsea since Ipswich Town, while Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon and Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt are approaching a move to Arsenal and Liverpool.
New signings Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo scored 15 and 20 Premier League goals respectively last season, more than Man United's Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. Despite their impressive achievements, Cunha and Mbeumo cannot hide the need to recruit an effective striker from Man United, who can score more than 20 goals per season regularly.
The "Red Devils" most recent player to score more than 20 goals in the Premier League in a season is Robin van Persie. He led the club to their final championship under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2012-2013.
Since then, scoring has always been a problem for Man United. This was shown through the struggling performance in the first friendly match before the season against Leeds in Stockholm, ending in a goalless draw.
The Old Trafford side are still interested in Paris St-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani, who had been in their target for two years. Another option is a trade-off between winger Alejandro Garnacho and Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson.
Both players are valued at around £40 million. Jackson's future at Stamford Bridge is threatened after the arrivals of Delap from Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton.
Currently, a temporary solution to the problem of Man United's attack is to play Mbeumo as a central striker, instead of one of the attacking midfielders in the 3-4-3 system. The Cameroonian could make his United debut against West Ham in New Jersey on Saturday.
