Former Man United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich believes the arrival of Odion Ighalo could spur into the point of being the new Eric Cantona.
Its a surprising arrival as United almost failed to sign a striker after Erling Braut Haaland ended up joining Borussia Dortmund, but Ighalo might be enough just to cover for the injured Marcus Rashford.
“This was an emergency signing,” Bosnich said to Sky Sports.
“I can understand a lot of people taking about a scatter gun approach, well it had to be with Marcus Rashford being out.
“The top four is still possible for Manchester United, they had to go and get somebody.
“The boy that’s come in has got nothing to lose, nobody expects anything unbelievable from him but they definitely needed somebody in that position.
“You never know. A long, long time ago Manchester United signed a certain Frenchman who no one really expected much from and he ended up propelling them to one of their most successful seasons of all time.”
When Ighalo played for Watford, he has scored 39 goals in 99 appearances before moving to Shanghai Shenhua.
With the arrival of the Nigerian as well Bruno Fernandes, Bosnich believes Man United could finally secure the Champions League spot.
“I think they can, there’s no doubt about that.
“Six points at this stage of the season for me is still nothing.
“The big question of them not scoring goals is the way that they’re playing.
“People would have a lot more confidence if they had been watching performances and saying okay this team is actually going somewhere.
“I do believe that they are. Whether or not they’ll be able creep into that top four at the end of the season is a different question entirely.
“There’s a still a chance, regardless of what anyone says they’re still in the mix.”