Manchester United working hard on signings ahead of transfer window

Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United are "working hard" to improve the squad next season in the summer transfer window.

United have already ended their trophy drought, are in the quarter-finals of the Europa League and the semi-finals of the FA Cup and could return to third in the Premier League on Saturday.

The club have prioritised recruiting a new striker, with Tottenham talisman Harry Kane Ten Hag's preferred option. Ten Hag is also keen to sign a younger midfielder and would endorse a second approach for Frenkie de Jong.

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United are planning for more outgoings than incomings, with player sales due to partly fund reinvestment in the squad. United have provisionally planned to sell Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Brandon Williams and Anthony Martial.

Ten Hag said in midweek United need two players capable of scoring more than 15 goals in a season. Marcus Rashford is United's highest scorer on 28 goals - more than double second-top scorer Bruno Fernandes on 10 - and two United players have broken the 20-goal barrier in only four seasons in the last 15 years.

"We are working hard in the background so that we get more players in scoring," Ten Hag stressed, "but at the same time we have to develop the team and develop our attacking play, so that more players come into areas where they can score goals.

"I think we have the capabilities. I have to repeat that Jason Sancho can score a goal, Bruno Fernandes can score a goal, Marcel Sabitzer can score a goal and Antony. The good thing is Anthony Martial is getting fit, fit and fitter, so when he is back he can definitely score goals, so we already have two players who are capable of scoring