Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been told to buy a striker in order to be able to compete for trophies next season.
Manchester United have already made two major signings this summer in Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane.
United have shelved plans to sign a new striker until next year having extended the contract of Edinson Cavani until 2022.
However, according to former Liverpool midfielder, Graeme Souness, Solskjaer needs to target a forward this summer in order to have a chance of competing against the best teams in the country.
"If Manchester United have finished their transfer business with the signings of Jadon Sancho for £73 million from Borussia Dortmund and Raphaël Varane for an initial £34 million from Real Madrid, then that is not enough investment for them to win the trophies this season that a club of their magnitude should be aiming for: the Premier League and Champions League," Souness said in The Sunday Times.
"The signing required to catapult them into title-winning contention with Manchester City and Chelsea is a striker who guarantees 30 goals a season."
Souness also named the two strikers he believe the club should target.
"United must be in the market for a centre forward — for Kane or even Erling Haaland, also of Borussia Dortmund, if he becomes available again because, if we judge the squads as they stand, City and Chelsea are still ahead of everybody else."
Both Haaland and Kane are expected to cost a premium this summer.
Daniel Levy is notorious for driving a hard bargain. Meanwhile, Dortmund are set to keep hold of Haaland after letting Sancho depart for Old Trafford this summer.
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