Ruud van Nistelrooy identifies clear need for Manchester United improvement ahead of Ruben Amorim arrival

United person scored the 3rd fewest goals successful the Premier League this season, with lone Southampton and Crystal Palace having a little full than their 9 aft 10 games.

Alejandro Garnacho is their apical scorer with conscionable 2 goals, with strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee lone scoring a azygous extremity each, albeit they person been successful and retired of the broadside and Erik 10 Hag’s tactics were highly questionable.

Van Nistelrooy, who scored 150 goals successful a prolific five-year spell astatine Old Trafford arsenic a player, has backed his frontline to fulfil their potential.

He said: “I hold that erstwhile you privation to beryllium a palmy broadside successful the Premier League and successful Europe, which is what the physique is each about, you request a definite magnitude of goals. That is clear. That is wherefore the champion teams successful the satellite person those players.

“At the moment, we person players who get a definite magnitude of goals and assists but they are successful an property wherever they inactive request to beryllium developed. There is imaginable they volition beryllium and the content is determination they can. That's wherever we are astatine this moment.”

The clash with Leicester volition beryllium the van Nistelrooy’s last crippled successful interim complaint earlier Ruben Amorim takes over, and the Dutchman touched connected his 3 games to date, and his feelings up of Sunday.

He said: "Especially for the club, it was precise important aft I took implicit to get what I telephone stabilising the vessel with results. All of a abrupt we're 3 games into that, it passes truthful quickly, and the past 1 volition mean a lot."

I don't cognize if it volition beryllium emotional, I'm pragmatic arsenic well, though arrogant to fulfil this. We'll spot however I consciousness connected Sunday and different than that, there's not overmuch news. Ruben (Amorim) and I are focussing connected our teams and connected our games."

Van Nistelrooy volition beryllium hoping to marque it 4 games unbeaten, and supply Amorim with a cleanable invited gift, against the Foxes.