As Manchester United are again linked with Mario Mandzukic, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirms his club will try to sign a striker in January.
United’s decision to let Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku join Inter has backfired following injuries to Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and teenager Mason Greenwood.
That has prompted speculation the Red Devils could make a move for Mandzukic, who has no place in Juve’s first-team plans and has already rejected offers from Qatar.
“Of course, when we let Alexis [Sanchez] and [Romelu] Lukaku go, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know it’s a forward we’re going to try to recruit next time,” Solskjaer said at a Press conference.
“It was time for Romelu Lukaku to go, though – he knows that, he didn’t want to be here, and what’s the point in having players who don’t want to be here?
“We’re looking for some creativity and goals, but they [potential signings] have to be the right one.
“There were strikers available but not the ones we wanted. We couldn’t get the one we wanted [in the summer]. There’s no point getting players in that you are not 100% sure about either.
“When you get players in, you need the right ones that are going to stay here for a long period of time and that’s the long-term thinking we have to show.”
