Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted his next priority in the transfer market will be to sign a striker and creative force as the Manchester United manager bids to bolster his goal shy attack.

United have failed to score more than once in 17 of their past 20 matches under Solskjaer and are set to face Arsenal at Old Trafford on Monday without Marcus Rashford and possibly Anthony Martial due to injury.

Solskjaer said he wanted to recruit an attacker during the summer after offloading Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan but the players he coveted were not available and he refused to make a signing for the sake of it as United seek some quality control after years of underwhelming buys.

But the United manager is eager to address the void in attack sooner rather than later and has left the door open to splashing the cash in January.

Lyon forward Moussa Dembele, 23, formerly of Celtic, has been scouted and United are keeping close tabs on the progress of Borussia Dortmund and England winger, Jadon Sancho, 19, and Leicester City playmaker James Maddison, 22.