Only Salah, Alexander Isak and Erling Haaland scored more than the former Brentford man’s 20 goals last season. He was joint-fourth in the top scorers’ list alongside Nottingham Forest talisman Chris Wood.
There are high hopes for the Cameroon international at Old Trafford. The Daily Mail claim that club data suggests that United have signed the closest thing to Salah, without landing the Liverpool forward himself.
Those numbers originate from Mike Sansoni, the club’s new head of data, who joined after 11 years working inside Formula One with Mercedes. He arrived in May and is now among the senior figures at the club.
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In Mbeumo and Cunha, the signings prioritised by CEO Omar Berrada, director of football Jason Wilcox, head of recruitment Christopher Vivell and negotiations chief Matt Hargreaves, United feel as if they recruited two of the top Premier League players available for reasonable wages.
The leadership team dismissed the idea that they would solely play as the ‘inside 10s’ in Amorim’s 3-4-3 formation. Instead, their versatility across the frontline has been pointed out as a strength.
The head coach demanded more firepower after a season where United scored just 44 goals in 38 games.
After a 1-0 home defeat to Wolves in April, Amorim said in a message that was repeated on several occasions: “It’s easy to review this game. They scored in the only opportunity they had, we had many chances and we didn’t score.
“If you don’t score goals, you are not going to win games. It’s really frustrating to be better than the opponent, create chances but then lose the game.”
His pleas have been heard and answered, through the signings of Mbeumo, Cunha and the imminent arrival of Sesko.
There will be bumps in the road when it comes to implementing a completely new strikeforce, but Amorim has much more attacking prowess at his disposal compared to his first season in England.