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United's recruitment strategy has been heavily criticised in recent years, with big-money signings like Antony, Andre Onana and Jadon Sancho among those now playing elsewhere after failing to make a significant impact.

Of those other options mentioned by Emery, Manchester United loanee Sancho is the most experienced penalty taker.

He can either impress and stay at one of the world's biggest clubs or follow a similar path to Jadon Sancho, who returned to Manchester United for a £5m penalty fee as Chelsea escaped their previous £20m obligation-to-buy agreement.

They are under-performing and also maybe bought a few players in a bit of panic at the end of the transfer window - Jadon Sancho, Harvey Elliott and Victor Lindelof all joined on deadline day - but Emery will get a tune out of his team sooner or later.

They brought in Liverpool's Harvey Elliott and Manchester United's Jadon Sancho on loan, plus free agent Victor Lindelof, as they navigated limits on spending.