Manchester United have turned the striker search into a race against time, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin is suddenly back on the board.
Reports claim the club are seriously considering the 28-year-old after a bruising year up front: Rasmus Højlund stalled, Joshua Zirkzee flickered, and the goals dried at cruel moments.
Amorim wants Premier League certainty; Calvert-Lewin offers that—when healthy.
The market has not been kind. Liam Delap slipped to Chelsea. Viktor Gyökeres is leaning Arsenal. Victor Osimhen flared briefly, then veered toward Galatasaray. Even the idealized move for Ollie Watkins hits a wall; Aston Villa won’t play ball.
So United circle to a free agent with tools they lack: penalty-box craft, aerial bite, and the cold composure to finish moves that Bruno and the wingers keep sketching.
The queue is real—Newcastle, West Ham, Sunderland, interest from MLS and the Bundesliga, Saudi money, even Celtic. United must sell a project, a role, and a path back to nights that matter.
The risk is obvious: injuries have blunted a career that once felt inevitable. The reward is equally clear: a plug-and-play focal point who can make transitional chaos look like design. Purpose meets price.
If United move quickly, they can close it on their terms. If they dither, someone else will. Strikers decide seasons; hesitation decides nothing.
Old Trafford craves certainty, and certainty often arrives wearing a striker’s grin in July.