Manchester United are already planning to address their lack of flair and penetration up front.
Louis van Gaal admitted fans were right to demand attacking football of their side after yet another blunt display against Crystal Palace – their third 0-0 draw in a row.
The Dutchman is determined to remedy the lack of firepower upfront and it seems he is ready to plunder high-flying Leicester City to add a little guile and invention to the final third.
But it’s not Real Madrid target Jamie Vardy that Van Gaal covets, but his teammate at the King Power Stadium, Riyad Mahrez.
According to France Football, United have initiated talks to sign the 24-year-old Algerian playmaker, who it is hoped will add a goalscoring edge to the midfield, while also supplying diamond bullets to Rooney and co.
The Gallic publication report that United will face competition from Paris Saint-Germain, who have been similarly impressed with the attacking midfielder’s exploits.
Mahrez cost the Foxes a measly £400,000 in the winter of 2014, but they may want to add a zero to that and quadruple it with top of Europe’s big spenders in the hunt for his signature.
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