8 of Manchester United's best strikers of the Premier League era

Wayne Rooney

No surprise that United's all-time record goalscorer heads the list. Rooney scored 183 Premier League goals for United during a 13-year stay at the club, many of which will live long in the memory.

Robin Van Persie

After joining from Arsenal the Dutchman scored 48 goals in 86 Premier League games. His 26 Premier League goals in his debut season fired him to the golden boot and Sir Alex Ferguson's side to one last League title before his retirement at the end of the season.

Dimitar Berbatov

The temperamental Bulgarian scored 48 goals in 108 games in the Premier League for United, claiming the Golden boot in 2010/11 with a 21-goal haul as United won the title.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Arguably one of the best poachers in recent memory. Van Nistelrooy scored 95 goals in 150 Premier League games for United before leaving for the bright lights of Madrid. He scored 25 goals in 34 games in the 2002/3 season as United won the title.

Dwight Yorke

Looking back a bit further now but the Tobagonian had an enviable record, 48 goals in 92 games during a four-year spell. He was the joint-top goalscorer in the Premer League in 1998/99 with 18 as United won the treble.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Speaking of the treble, who could forget this man. The baby-faced assassin scored 91 Premier League goals in 235 games for the club. He was best known as a 'super-sub', once scoring 4 goals in the final 12 minutes of a game against Nottingham Forest after ocming on as a sub. The Norweigan will forever be remembered for bagging the winning goal in United's 1999 Champions League final triumph with one of the last kicks of the game.

Eric Cantona

The man. The myth. The legend. The French international scored 64 Premier League goals in 143 games for United before retiring at the age of just 31. Although often remembered for non-footballing reasons, he was pretty memorable on the pitch too.

Andy Cole

'Coley' scored 93 goals in 195 Premier League games for United before moving to Blackburn Rovers. Newcastle fans were shocked when the club allowed him to join United and Cole proved them right with a stong goalscoring record spread over a six-year spell at the club.

Romelu Lukaku?

Although not yet official, it seems that Lukaku will be United's next big-name striker. With 85 Premier League goals under his belt already at the age of just 24 Lukaku could be on the pathway to becoming one of the Premier League's best ever strikers.