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Connor O'Neill

Paul Scholes identifies two positions Manchester United should target in transfer window

Former Manchester United star Paul Scholes believes the Reds are in need of a new striker and a central midfielder.

United once again spent big in the summer, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James and Harry Maguire all arriving at Old Trafford.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also lost Romelu Lukaku and Ander Herrera during the summer window, and Scholes believes the pair have left massive holes in United's squad, and is calling on his former team-mate to fill them as soon as possible.

“Yeah, I think that’s been important for a while,” Scholes told BBC 5Live when asked if the Reds needed to strengthen.

“They have some talented midfield players in there now. I think (Scott) McTominay has done really well this season.

“And Pogba we all know on his day can be sensational and probably one of the best in the world in that position, but we just need to see it more often, we need to make sure he wants to stay at the club to get that out of him.

“But I think Ole will be looking, he’ll be trying. I’d be more worried about the centre-forward position, I know we spoke about Mason Greenwood coming through.

“We have Marcus and Martial – are they centre-forwards or are they wingers? We’re not quite sure.

“I always think United, going back to when they were challenging for titles, they had four brilliant centre-forwards and I think that’s something that’s missing at this minute in time.”

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