MANCHESTER UNITED have spent 300MILLION on attacking players since and Red Devils star last scored a Premier League hat-trick.
Incredibly, no United player has scored three goals in a single game since Robin van Persie did so in the 3-0 win over Aston Villa in April 2013.
Since that day, the club has spent 305.4m on attack-minded players with none managing to bag a hat-trick.
The likes of Romelu Lukaku (75m), Angel Di Maria (59.7m), Anthony Martial (57.6m) and have all been signed in a bid to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford.
Alexis Sanchez has been paid 505,000-a-week since he was brought in as part of a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan – who cost 30m himself.
Juan Mata (37.1m), Memphis Depay (25m) and Daniel James (15m) all joined in big money deals.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was a free signing, while the club forked out 6m for Radamel Falcao’s dreadful loan spell at Old Trafford.
All in all, the club have spent over 300m – and the figure is closer to 400m if you were to consider attack-minded Paul Pogba cost United 89m.
Man Utd have been desperately short in attack this season, scoring more than one goal in a single game just once in 13 matches this season – and that was on the opening day.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side now sit 14th in the Premier League, closer to 20th than 1st in terms of points as well as position.
Marcus Rashford has tried and often failed to justify his spot as leading No9, while Martial is another who seems more at home on the wing than through the middle.
But with United selling Lukaku – and loaning out Sanchez – to Inter Milan this summer, their attacking options are worryingly thin.
Mason Greenwood, 17, is being tipped to see more action with his obvious eye for goal.
But it’s a concern when a club can spent 300m on attacking options in the past few years and be reliant on an unproven academy product.
