Ruben Amorim vowed that Manchester United will do ‘everything’ they can to bring a striker in before Monday's 11pm transfer deadline, but stopped short of guaranteeing fans of a new arrival.
Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace makes it nine games this season that United have failed to find the back of the net.
The two strikers in Amorim’s squad, Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee, started on the bench and central midfielder Kobbie Mainoo started at the point of attack, a message that won’t have been lost on Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Manchester United hierarchy.