Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag insists it’s only a matter of time before his team start scoring goals more regularly.

United are the second lowest scorers in the Premier League’s top 10 and on Thursday night needed 34 attempts on goal to score once against Omonia Nicosia.  Marcus Rashford is the club’s top scorer with five goals but Ten Hag insists there is enough firepower in his team and that soon they will start to show it.

“There are players who will score,” Ten Hag said.

“It’s about the freedom from the player, the intuition, the space they have to take. When they have that feeling then you will see that when they have the talent, when they have the potential, they will score that number of goals.

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“I think we have in our squad players who can score that number of goals, but you can also divide it, because we have many goal scorers across the offensive department.”

United were guilty of missing a number of chances against Omonia, although goalkeeper Francis Uzoho played his part with a string of impressive saves

Meanwhile, Man Utd have joined Tottenham and Newcastle in the race to sign a deadly Premier League playmaker who could quickly displace a recent Erik ten Hag recruit, per reports.

Man Utd splashed out over £200m in Erik ten Hag’s first window at the helm. The Red Devils were criticised for overpaying in some quarters. However, few can argue the bulk of their signings don’t already look like smart buys.

Lisandro Martinez has quickly established himself as the No 1 centre-back at Old Trafford. Casemiro has bedded in after a slow start and played a huge part in both goals in the 2-1 victory over Everton..