F365 says: Man Utd need a world class striker

Edinson Cavani was terrible and Cristiano Ronaldo hasn’t been much better. Manchester United must spend big on a striker this summer…

Cavani will leave and it’s rumoured Ronaldo doesn’t fancy it either. The 1-1 draw at Burnley on Tuesday, as United lost ground in the race for Champions League qualification, was further evidence that they may be better off without them.

Manchester United completely dominated the first half. They scored one, would have had a second were it not for VAR, and should have had that second with VAR. Raphael Varane had his goal correctly ruled out as Harry Maguire blocked Jay Rodriguez from an offside position. But the linesman’s decision to rule a further goal out for a foul by Paul Pogba was questionable, to say the least.

65% possession, 12 shots to Burnley’s none, Bruno Fernandes and Pogba spraying passes around, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford running at and beating defenders, Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot getting forward, Maguire and Varane dealing with Wout Weghorst. It all looked pretty good, not perfect, but pretty, pretty good. All except for the finish – a problem Ralf Rangnick laboured over this week.

“We wasted too many clear-cut chances… we should easily have been 3-0 up at HT,” Rangnick said after they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Middlesbrough. It was the same story on Tuesday.

He opted for Cavani from the start at Turf Moor, citing “sprinting”, “chasing” and “fighting” as reasons for Ronaldo to take a seat on the bench. Cavani didn’t do any of that.

The Uruguayan had 22 touches, by far the lowest of anyone on the pitch, and just two in the Burnley box: a shot straight at Nick Pope; a header from a ball that dropped straight to him at the back post that he inexplicably waited for