Man Utd boss Ten Hag: Real Madrid defeat shows new centre-forward signing needed

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27 Jul 2023 • 7:15 PM MYT
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Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says defeat to Real Madrid showed the need for a new centre-forward.

United lost 2-0 in the US on Wednesday

Ten Hag said: "Absolutely [the game shows why we are in the market for a new forward]. It's always difficult to say. We are working 24-7. We do and everyone, well not everyone, but a lot in the club, and we give all the power to get this done. We never talk about players under contract with another club, so we have our targets in the background.

"We are busy with it to get the right player to sign a contract for us."

On needed improvements, he also said: "There were two things. The pressing can be better from from the start and and scoring goals. I think we need more players who are capable to be in one-on-one. And we had the situations, one-on-ones. I thought Scott McTominay [had a] one-on-one situation [and] Alejandro Garnacho [had a] one-on-one situation and, from these situations, you have to score."