Man United could make wildcard transfer after missing out on Marko Arnautovic and Benjamin Sesko

Manchester United's hunt for a striker is becoming increasingly desperate, laughable really, and those desperate times call for desperate measures.

Perhaps the most desperate measure they could take, short of asking Edinson Cavani if he fancies another year in Manchester (but there's still time for that yet), is to try and sign Marko Arnautovic. 14 goals in Serie A last season is nothing to be sniffed at but yet another 30 plus, stop-gap striker is hardly the dawn of a new age that was promised with the arrival of Erik ten Hag.

That won't be happening, now, as United have pulled their interest in the Bologna man after backlash from supporters as well as the Italian side's stiff asking price. The other striker the club had been interested in, Benjamin Sesko, has instead chosen the far more sensible career path of joining RB Leipzig instead. So it's back to the drawing board, with just over three weeks left of the window.

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Where should United look next? Well, perhaps looking into their past might help for a change. They say never go back but sometimes the opportunity is so tantalising, either to relive past glories or, in the case of Memphis Depay, to prove a point. To seek redemption. United could certainly, and tried to, do a lot worse.

Despite not paying the players they already have (with the Frenkie de Jong saga continuing to rumble on), Barcelona have somehow managed to sign Robert Lewandowski. Though if he can actually play for them remains to be seen.

Should the goal-scoring Pole be able to be registered, he will go straight in as Barcelona's main striker, which leaves former United man Memphis in a precarious position. He moved to Camp Nou, reportedly