Manchester United must sign a midfielder and two forwards in the summer if they want to compete at the top of the Premier League.
That is the view of former United midfielder Paul Ince, who admitted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are still ‘a way off’ challenging Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of the table.
Speaking to Goal, Ince said Solskjaer will need to get rid of certain players this summer and replace them with quality forwards if they have any ambitions of a title challenge in 2020/21.
“There are players who Ole will still feel should not be there next year,” Ince said. "There will be more players leaving and more coming in.
“I think you have to get the right balance. You can’t always go too young. You need a right balance of experience and youth and there is still a long way to go to match Manchester City and Liverpool.
“They are going in the right direction and the quicker they bring in those players then the quicker that is achieved.”
Specifically, Ince wants United to sign a midfielder to possible replace Paul Pogba, as well as two forwards to push Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford.
“They need another midfield player for sure,” Ince explained. “We don’t know what happens with Pogba if he stays or goes. That’s another saga that we will have to go through once the season finishes.
“They need two strikers, I know Rashford is coming back but he is only young. You can’t rely on him all the time.
"Martial, for me on his day, is brilliant but he doesn’t have enough of those days. [Odion] Ighalo is the wrong end of 30. He has done well but you won’t pin your hat on him for the next four years.
"If you look at all the top teams, all the best teams have the best strikers. Their strikers have 20-25 goals in a bad season. Manchester United lost that in [Romelu] Lukaku. That’s got to be their main aim.”
