I think ultimately, there is a very slim chance that a potentially long term good striker would be available in January. The few candidates are Felix and Sesko. Perhaps David’s and Moussala. Cunha? Nobody else is selling their No 1 striker in January. Oshimen, even Toney, and the likes are just too important for their current teams. Then we have Gakpo is a winger.
With that said, we need a striker. Martial could be hurt before the season restarts, would anyone be surprised? We got 3 games a week. Rashford aren’t playing 75% of them. If he plays 6 games in two weeks, he is worn out for at least a week. Rashford himself could get hurt. That could be our season right then and there.
You need at least a back-up. Someone who can put in a shift, enable us to keep playing like we want to play.
If we only get Gakpo, OK, that might be it.
If not, we should look at the loan market. That market won’t be pretty. Sometimes you can get a Henrik Larsson or a better player on loan/for free. But most of the time it’s guys with issues.