Manchester United have six clear priorities for transfer window

Never has a summer transfer window felt so important for Manchester United.

After experiencing their worst season in 51 years, United are about embark on a period in which as many changes need to be made as realistically possible. The window will open on Sunday for 10 days before closing again on June 10.

It will then reopen again on June 16 and stay open until the final klaxon sounds on September 1. Just how United's squad will look come then is anyone's guess.

After losing last week's Europa League final in Bilbao, United will not be able to oversee the volume of changes they would have liked had they qualified for the Champions League. Head coach Ruben Amorim has already admitted they "cannot do much" this summer.

Nevertheless, there are some decisions that will have to be made. With that said, here are United's leading priorities for this summer:

Missing out on Liam Delap's signature is not necessarily as big a 'blow' as some United fans might fear. The 22-year-old, who is set to join Chelsea, has spent just one season as a Premier League regular, scoring 12 goals in an Ipswich Town side that won just four league games all season.

As respectable as his tally was, the difference in expectations between Ipswich and United are worlds apart. The pressure at United is ten-fold in comparison.

United, this summer, should be making the addition of a proven and established goalscorer their top priority. They have finished the last two Premier League seasons with a negative goal difference and that is unacceptable.

United need someone who can come in, hit the ground running and score goals at a consistent rate. Strikers of that ilk are not cheap, but United, at this juncture, cannot afford to go another season without a