Since his first day as a manager Sir Alex prioritised signing a goal scorer. First summer transfer for him 1987 we signed Brian Mclair from Celtic after his brilliant form 86/87 with 41 goals, through the summer of 1988 with signing Mark Hughes and the story continued until his last summer transfer were he signed the PL top scorer RVP. While football dynamics can dictate who the top scorers of the squad depending on the tactics, like united 2008 and 2009, but we always had a top scorer.
I can accept a young, still thriving player in other positions, but how can anyone underestimate this position in a club in the size and prestige of Manchester united by signing players (no disrepsect to them) like Hojlund and Zirkzee who prior to signing them not passed the 10 goals mark. I can understand a little bit the Zirkzee deal as squad player with a different role than a traditional goal scorer, but it's criminal how we ignored this position.