Victor Osimhen and Viktor Gyokores are the latest forwards to find themselves in the crosshairs of the Manchester United recruitment team.
The pair of forwards are being subject to weekly scouting missions by the Red Devils according to Fabrizio Romano and a move for either could be made in the summer.
The two would be the latest in a long line of signings made to improve the fortunes of the team. Fortunes that need to be improved now more than ever given United currently sit 15th in the Premier League.
Should they remain in this position, then this would be their lowest finish in the first division since the late United legend Dennis Law scored for Manchester City to relegate the side in 1974.
To which Victor would the spoils belong?
Both forwards have their extensive merits and either would represent a significant upgrade on United's current options up front (Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund).
Gyokores has one major advantage over Osimhen, however, and that is his existing relationship with recently installed United manager, Ruben Amorim.
Amorim brought Gyokores to Sporting CP in Portugal in the summer of 2023 and turned him into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe. The 20m fee Sporting sent Coventry for the services of Gyokores will go down as one of the bargains of the decade given the Swedish forward has scored 78 goals in 87 games for the Lisbon side.
Amorim has struggled to implement his tactics onto his team but new signing Christian Dorgu often looks the most comfortable in the current setup which could mean Gyokores' fits seemlessly into Amorim's tactics once again.
Osimhen, meanwhile, doesn't have that existing relationship but would be a strong option nonetheless given his obvious talent. He is currently playing for Galatasaray in Turkey after a deadline-day move to Al-Ahli was rejected by Napoli, resulting in his removal from the playing squad.
He has scored 20 goals in 25 games in all competitions for Galatasaray this season, showing that he has not lost his scoring touch by any means since making the move East.
Could financial complications scupper any deals?
Potentially. Manchester United released their financial results recently and it did not make for pretty reading.
The Red Devils recorded a drop in revenue, and only made an operating profit of £3.1m, largely thanks to spending significant amounts on the firing of Erik Ten Hag and his staff.
Football finance expert Kieran Maguire spoke to BBC Sport recently and essentially downplayed any fears of major financial issues that could stop the club from spending.
If they perform well in the Europa League then they should have more financial flexibility than if they didn't. Additionally, Maguire stated that their summer and January spending shows that they probably aren't close to breaching Profit and Sustainability Regulations as some have previously feared.
