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The most watery front line in Manchester United history: Anthony has 17 million goals per goal! The Red Devils sucker operation is exposed!

10:42am, 19 August 2025【Football】

Manchester United's "most water strikers in history" list was exposed. The club spent hundreds of millions of dollars on these forward players, but gained little. Since Robin Van Persie left the team, Manchester United has not been able to find a striker who can score more than 20 goals in a single season.

Robin Van Persie is the last striker in Manchester United to score 200 goals in the Premier League season this summer, under coach Ruben Amorin, the club has invested up to £207.5 million in transfer fees for three new players, Brian Mbeumo, Matthews Cunia and Benjamin Cesco.

Manchester United hopes that these three can form a vibrant front line and lead the team back to the Premier League championship. After all, compared with the failed cases of forward signings in the past, as long as they perform slightly, they are already considered "improvement".

The former high-priced strikers scored few goals, which is embarrassing that Di Maria's three Premier League goals are hard-won

Some former forward players have hardly scored much, but it reflects how worthless their high transfer fees are.

In 2014, Angel Di Maria, who was introduced at a sky-high price, was the representative of it. He joined Real Madrid for £60 million and was regarded as a superstar signing.

Although the Argentinian started beautifully and scored a wonderful goal against Leicester City, he only had 3 goals in the entire Premier League season. That is to say, every goal cost Manchester United £20 million.

Zirkeze, Hoylen, Sancho, Anthony: One is more "burning money" than the other,

Zirkeze still has time to improve his club record

The current forward Joshua Zilkze is also "very worth the money".

He joined Bologna for £37 million last year, but only scored three goals in the Premier League, with an average value of £12.3 million per goal. Of course, he still has the opportunity to improve this awkward stat.

Another striker, Rasmus Hoylund, may leave the team this summer, and he is expected to transfer to AC Milan.

Holund may be about to leave Manchester United

Since joining for £72 million in 2023, Hoylund has only scored 14 Premier League goals so far, spending an average of £5.1 million per goal. He also looks forward to regaining his form in the future, whether or not he continues to stay in Old Trafford.

And the marginalized Jaden Sancho is equally disappointing. His nine goals in the Premier League cost as much as £8.1 million.

In contrast, Brazilian winger Anthony has even refreshed the "parallel stock ceiling". In order to reunite with Teng Hah, he joined the team at a sky-high price of 85 million pounds, but only scored 5 Premier League goals.

That is to say, each goal is worth £17 million. Manchester United is currently rushing to clean up the transfer window before it closes.

A few forwards performed well, and Ibrahimovic and Cavani became good and cheap representatives

There are also some forwards who are affordable at Manchester United.

Anthony Martial scored a total of 63 Premier League goals during his nine years at Manchester United, and his transfer fee from Monaco was 58 million pounds, which was about 900,000 pounds per goal.

When Cristiano Ronaldo entered the palace for the second time, the transfer fee was only 20 million pounds, but he scored 19 goals, which is quite considerable in terms of data. Unfortunately, the contract was terminated early due to conflicts with Tenghach and an exclusive interview with Pierce Morgan.

Cavani scored 12 goals after a free transfer to Old Trafford

In addition, Manchester United's operations in the visa-free market are more cost-effective. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani scored a total of 29 goals, which is much more cost-effective than those strikers who are "billion yuan in level".