Why? Is it implausible that Ten Hag can find many goals from Bruno, Rashford, Sancho, VDB and maybe even Martial? Most of these players are capable of getting 15-22 goals in a season.
Were the strikerless Ajax side of 2017 lacking for goals?
Of course it is possible, I do edge on the side of unlikely though.
Bruno is most likely to be our top scorer thanks to penalty duty with Ronaldo likely going.
Rashford has hit 20+ only twice in 8 seasons now and we are dealing with a unfocused injury prone Rashford at that.
Martial is in the midst of a 3 year monster sulk. He's only scored 20+ once and managed more than 15 goals one other time (15-16, debut season).
Donny could bounce back sure, I hope he does...
Sancho I think could flourish but if Antony is coming in for the RW spot does that mean he is demoted or sharing the LW spot with Rashford?
A friend of mine suggested Sancho would be the better option for a false 9 (over Bruno), presses better and used to it from his time at Dortmund, can carry the ball better with dribbles past players and his range of passing is better also.
Honestly that's about as optimistic as I can be right now for us.