Ruben Amorim is yet to manage his first Manchester United game but the list of things on his to-do list is already pretty long since he takes over at a critical point.
The team is 13th in the league, albeit only four points off the top four after mini-resurgence under Ruud van Nistelrooy’s management.
The first win in the Europa League is in the bag but it came at the fourth attempt and straight progress isn’t guaranteed in that competition as it stands.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 11 |  BrentfordBrentford | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 |  B’mouthBournemouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 |  Man UtdManchester United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  West HamWest Ham | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 |  LeicesterLeicester | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 10 |
Erik ten Hag was sacked because the team’s results weren’t good enough but it can be argued that the performances didn’t always match the result, which was mainly due to one reason.
Ruben Amorim needs to fix Man Utd’s goalscoring woes
The metric improved under Ruud van Nistelrooy somewhat but it was so bad that it got the manager sacked. Below are some stats for how bad Man United are at scoring goals in the Premier League-
| Situation | Shots | Goals | xG (Expected goals) |
| Open Play | 120 | 8 | 16.55 |
| Corner | 25 | 3 | 2.44 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 | 0.76 |
A team that would finish its chances even at an average rate should have scored at least 16-18 goals in the league, which would presumably put them higher up in the table.
That figure became slightly less tragic after the 3-0 win vs Leicester City in Van Nistelrooy’s final game at the helm.
Rasmus Hojlund has effectively played a different game to the rest of his teammates, the wingers have been extremely wasteful, Bruno Fernandes has only just started to fire, and Amad’s resurgence had to wait for Ten Hag’s departure.
Therefore, it is clear that for United to win games, they need to address their goalscoring woes because Andre Onana leads the Golden Glove race in the league.
One part of the team is doing its job while the other might as well be absent entirely. Amorim’s first order of business will be to get the current striker crop firing, but there’s a ready-made solution for him in the winter window.
Randal Kolo Muani frozen out at PSG
It was just over 18 months ago that Randal Kolo Muani was the toast of the footballing world for his exploits with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Fast forward to today, and he’s a striker who has become a permanent fixture on the bench in Paris. He has played just 32% of available minutes in the league and is yet to start in four Champions League games.
Matteo Guendouzi recently called him “one of the best strikers in Europe” but that claim is finding it increasingly difficult to face reality.
It is a damning indictment since his transfer fee of nearly £75 million should have made him the natural main man after Kylian Mbappe’s departure.
However, like Manuel Ugarte, he probably just isn’t fancied by Luis Enrique as his type of player, leading to him being frozen out.
As such, Kolo Muani could be available in January on a short-term loan till the summer because PSG might want to recuperate his value.
United are already taking a close look at him and even though Kolo Muani has said he’s not looking to move, warming the bench is hardly the ideal scenario for a player, especially aged 25.
He should be entering his peak but instead, he’s playing backup at the French club, which is the situation Ugarte found himself in before moving to Old Trafford.
Kolo Muani should follow him because it fixes three issues at once- PSG get some value back for a player who they spent a king’s ransom on, United get a proven striker to turbocharger their second half of the season, Kolo Muani gets precious game time in a new setup under a promising manager.
It’s a no brainer if the terms are palatable.
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