Today, Manchester United have a big match. The Red Devils are still fourth in the Premier League, as they trail two points behind Newcastle United, but with a game in hand. They are facing Aston Villa, the team who boasts the best form of all Top 5 European league clubs and with a surprise win, the Villains face a late competition for the fourth place. But it seems that the fans and media are not that concerned about United’s fourth place. For them, the Champions League spot is secured, and their interest is mainly on finding a new striker, which is what Manchester desperately needs.The British media asked coach Erik ten Hag about it at the press conference ahead of the Aston Villa match, and they got a quite blunt response. “Everyone knows, it’s not a secret that over the whole season we have had a shortage of No9s. First, we had the dropout of Cristiano Ronaldo, then Anthony Martial was often not available, Jadon Sancho was often not available, then you have a shortage of frontline players. With fewer players we have to cover many games, so we definitely need players in the frontline who strengthen the squad. Rashford can also play very good as a No 9 and Anthony Martial is a great No 9. We have players who can play in that role but definitely we need some offensive players who are really impact players, quality players, who improve the frontline” admitted Ten Hag.Ex-United player reveals Solskjaer told him Maguire must play because of moneyIt is also not a secret that Harry Kane is United’s number 1 choice, and fans are thinking the same. During the 2-2 draw with Tottenham on Thursday night, the away fans sang: ‘Harry Kane, we’ll see you in June.’ And obviously, the potential Harry Kane transfer is already looking to be the July transfer window main drama story. The Tottenham captain will once again have to decide whether to stay in North London and continue the never-ending pursuit of any trophy for the Spurs, or to finally leaves the club in the last moment of his career and try to win something in a bigger club.A huge deal for the Red DevilsHe only has one year left on his contract, so there is room to negotiate with Spurs supremo Daniel Levy, as he knows that if Kane doesn’t want to sign a contract, and he doesn’t sell him, he will be a free agent next season. And Levy is too smart to allow that. But that doesn’t mean the negotiations will be smooth if United decided to go for Kane. The last Tottenham player signed by Manchester was Dimitar Berbatov, way back in 2008, when Sir Alex Ferugson was the manager, and he simply explained the negotiation process with Levy: “That whole experience was more painful than my hip replacement!”.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 34Saturday Crystal Palace – West Ham 4-3 (3-2)/Ayew 15, Zaha 20, Schlupp 30, Eze 66 pen – Soucek 9, Antonio 35, Aguerd 72/Brentford – Nott. Forest 2-1 (0-1)/Toney 82, Dasilva 90+4 – Danilo 45+1/Brighton – Wolverhampton 6-0 (4-0)/Undav 6, 66, Gross 13, 26, Welbeck 39, 48/Sunday16.00: (1.84) Man.Utd. (3.60) Aston Villa (4.60)16.00: (1.38) Newcastle (4.90) Southampton (9.50)16.00: (10.0) Fulham (6.50) Man.City (1.33)16.00: (2.81) Bournemouth (3.30) Leeds (2.75)18.30: (1.61) Liverpool (4.10) Tottenham (5.70)Monday 22.00: (2.14) Leicester (3.50) Everton (3.80)Tuesday 22.00: (1.70) Arsenal (3.80) Chelsea (5.60)***odds are subject to change***
