Even if Pereira gets more game time, which I doubt will happen, I don't see him in that deeper role controlling the play, we've gone from having Scholes and Carrick to nothing in that regard, Matic as a squad player is fine, but not as a starter come next season IMO.
I see the Striker as still having value in terms of being a fulcrum for the two wider attackers, in that regard Rashford has the best all round game but is not looking like a natural goal scorer and Sanchez legs look gone to me, I know the current narrative is he'll be golden now evil Mourinho is gone and that might be the case, but a lot of what he's shown since coming to United has been shades of latter day Rooney, a shell of a player. As for Lukaku, I think he's a poor footballer but has the best goal scoring record of the options we have, but is at his best in a team that will be attacked so he has space to run into, if we intend to build on the style of play we've shown in the last two games then he'll never fit as his touch and passing are weak parts of his game and we need to build on what we are doing now as that's how we'll beat the teams that just cram up against us, intricacy and speed of touch is going to be key, so I'd say the much maligned Lingard has more value to our attack in general.
I see the six options you list and I think it's quantity but lacking in a real killer quality as far as a striker that can bag a lot of goals and contribute to the attack, maybe if Ole lets Rashford lead the line for the rest of the season that could change, but if it's still the same come the summer I think we should be looking at a striker as well for this team, especially since the RW options mentioned in most posts are going to be very hard to get, especially without CL football, and I'm talking Sancho and Dembele here, going for some of the others like Bailey, Costa, Lozano etc is just going down a tier IMO and I'd rather save the money until we are in a position to command the best.
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