Jadon Sancho can fix Manchester United transfer concern after Leicester City goal

Wind the clock back just under three weeks and the idea of Manchester United sitting fifth in the Premier League on the night the transfer window closed, while pleased with the business they’ve done, would have seemed almost impossible.

The wreckage of two successive defeats to start the season and the prospect of a trolley dash around Europe featuring the likes of Adrien Rabiot and Marko Arnautovic put the mood amongst the Old Trafford faithful at its lowest ebb for years.

But somehow the situation has been salvaged. United have signed Casemiro and Antony since then, two quality additions that make you question why they ever looked at Rabiot and Arnautovic, and three successive victories have put the prospect of Champions League qualification firmly back on the table.

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A transfer window that’s produced a spend of £225million has ticked more boxes for United and Erik ten Hag, but if there is one concern it is where the goals come from, especially if Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be sidelined by Ten Hag.

The 37-year-old hasn’t managed to force his way out of Old Trafford this summer but his chances of regular football at United aren’t guaranteed. This was a third successive start on the bench, although his cameo in the East Midlands was much more encouraging than the struggles he endured at St Mary’s on Saturday.

United have climbed the table with four goals in three games and while their defending against Liverpool, Southampton and Leicester City has been committed and aggressive, they still need to produce more in the final third.

The first half at the King Power Stadium brought their most fluent 45 minutes yet under Ten Hag, but for all the slick football and