Thierry Henry: Manchester United have three 20-goal-a-season strikers despite what Louis Van Gaal says
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Thierry Henry has said Manchester United have three potential 20-goal-a-season strikers.
The former Arsenal man - who scored more than 20 goals in seven straight seasons with the Gunners - was responding to comments made by Louis van Gaal last month.
The United boss said in February: “Robin van Persie cannot deny it, Falcao cannot deny it and Rooney is not playing there much any more. We cannot deny that, at this moment, we don’t have a striker who scores 20 goals in the season."
Wayne Rooney has scored 12 goals this term, including four in his last five since Van Gaal's decision to return him to the centre-forward role. But Robin van Persie has battled injuries all season - scoring 10 - while Radamel Falcao has underwhelmed. Having scored just four goals all season, Falcao failed find the net for the under 21s when he played with them earlier in the week, as he looks to re-capture some of the form that once made him one of Europe's most prolific strikers.
But Henry believes all three United forwards have the potential to hit 20 or more in one campaign.
Thierry Henry wrote in Sunday's edition of the Sun: "United have three potential 20-goal-a-season strikers in Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao."
Henry went on to say that Manchester United have suffered from not playing in European football as it has reduced the number of matches that they've had to adopt Van Gaal's philosophies. He also believes the players at Old Trafford have "become confused" as a result of the United boss repeatedly changing formations.
