Manchester United transfer news: Andrea Belotti and either Antoine Griezmann or Romelu Lukaku to join Red Devils in £170m raid
Jose Mourinho wants to completely revamp strikeforce at end of the season and will look to bring in TWO big-name players
MANCHESTER UNITED will spend around £170million on a completely new strikeforce in the summer, according to reports in Italy.
Jose Mourinho has managed to instil a defensive resilience into his Red Devils side — but it is still alarmingly short of attacking quality.
The devastating long-term knee injury to Zlatan Ibrahimovic appears to have cut short his time at Old Trafford, and the club will move swiftly to bring in some big-name frontmen.
Belotti has been a revelation at Torino this season — and has been compared by some in Italy to Christian Vieri.
The powerfully-built striker is just 23 and is the joint-top goal scorer in Serie A on 25 goals.
He has an £84million release clause, but United could look to include Matteo Darmian as part of an exchange and make a structured performance-based offer as they did with Anthony Martial.
United appeared to have all but sealed a deal for Griezmann in the summer — however, that move is now increasingly in doubt.
Interest from Real Madrid and a potential swoop by Bayern Munich, or even a move from potential Premier League rivals, has seen the transfer come under threat.
Lukaku is another potential signing, but it was Mourinho who allowed him to leave Stamford Bridge in 2014.
The Belgian would cost United upwards of £65million, but they are likely to face competition from the likes of Chelsea.