Will Man United add to their forward line this summer?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The third, and final, discussion in our trilogy of summer transfer previews is a boutique affair, certainly by our usual standards, as the panellists (with one exception) don't expect much business to be done in this area.
Whether that turns out to be the case could depend on what happens to Joshua Zirkzee. Other than a few fleeting moments, the young Dutchman hasn't got airborne at United and, with potential interest in Italy, a move might open the door for another forward to come in.
And then, of course, there's the matter of how all this is going to be funded. Rasmus Hojlund and Jadon Sancho are almost certain to depart, with Marcus Rashford's move to Barcelona less sure. Could there be other sales?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:20.6 | This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United, and here we are. |
| 0:25.8 | The third part of our summer transfer special, looking at what Manchester United have got in all the different areas, what they want in all the different areas, what they might need in all the different areas as well. |
| 0:36.0 | We've done midfield and we've done defence. They were earlier on in the week. So go back and have a watch and I listen to those if you've not seen them already. But today is all about the forward. So we're going to look at the strikers and the wide forwards for Manchester United. Do a bit of a stock check, but also look ahead to what could well be a position that Manchester United need to address in this window. |
| 0:57.5 | I guess we'll find out throughout the course of this conversation. |
| 1:00.4 | That's the point. |
| 1:01.1 | Laurie's here, Carl's here in the studio, and is joining us along at home as well. |
| 1:05.4 | So, Laurie, we've talked about midfielders, we've talked about defenders, this is all about forwards. |
| 1:10.8 | Is this an area that Manchester United will look to this summer? We've talked about midfielders, we've talked about defenders, this is all about forwards. |
| 1:14.6 | Is this an area that Manchester United will look to this summer? |
| 1:16.5 | I think so, you know. |
| 1:17.6 | I think they should. |
| 1:22.5 | I just think that they obviously made huge additions last summer. |
| 1:23.9 | That was their focus, right? |
| 1:26.3 | We need to get more goals into this team and it's worked, right? |
| 1:32.1 | They have actually got much more attacking potency. I listened to the last podcast where Andy said it feels like this team can score two goals every game and they are. I think that's a pretty fair assessment |
| 1:37.3 | of things. Sometimes it's looked a little bit more labour trying to create chances but generally I think |
| 1:41.9 | they are a potent attacking unit a fluid kind of unit now |
| 1:46.4 | certainly certain players have had surges of form and dips of form you know brown and boomer perhaps |
| 1:52.9 | most recently has gone off the boil a little bit but in that place mettaise conya's come to the |
| 1:58.3 | four more frequently um Ahmad could maybe add a little bit more end product to his game, |
| 2:04.2 | but again, he's that kind of player that can beat a man in tight situations. |
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