Manchester United have not had the best of starts to the season.

Expectations were high when Jose Mourinho took over from the sacked Louis van Gaal in the summer and, after three successive wins to start off the campaign, many United fans were expecting a sustained title challenge from their side.

However, since the last of those three wins at Hull, the Red Devils have won just one of their seven Premier League matches – a run which includes a 2-1 defeat at home to neighbours Manchester City and a 4-0 thumping at Chelsea.

United sit eighth in the table, already eight points behind Pep Guardiola’s City at the top, and will go into their match against Swansea on Sunday looking to record a fifth league win of the campaign.

Things have been slightly better in Europe, where they have picked up two wins from their first three matches, and also in the League Cup, where they beat City 1-0 last week to book their place in the last eight.

However, United’s sluggish start has increased speculation about who Mourinho may look to sign in January, and he could target moves for other Premier League players in a bid to bolster his squad.

Thus, here are TWO Arsenal players he could lure to Manchester in January…

Kieran Gibbs

It’s unlikely that any Arsenal first-teamers would swap the Emirates for Old Trafford, given where the two respective clubs are at this stage of the season.

Arsenal are second and United are eighth, and Wenger’s side have already qualified for the knock-out stages of the Champions League, while the Red Devils aren’t even in the competition.

Thus, United may have to turn their attentions to those on the fringes of the first team, which means that they could have a look at Kieran Gibbs.

With Eric Bailly’s long-term injury likely to force Daley Blind into centre-half for the next few months, Mourinho may have to utilise Luke Shaw at left-back and, based on what we’ve seen so far, it’s not clear whether Mourinho rates the England international or not.

He criticised him for an error he made at Watford last month, although Shaw was injured at the time, and the 21-year-old has been in and out of the team since his return from a spell on the sidelines.

Consequently, the left-back area could be one that needs strengthening, and Gibbs would provide a steady option and decent competition for that spot.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Another player on the cusp of the Arsenal first team, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is yet to nail down a regular spot in Wenger’s side.

The 23-year-old has made eight starts and six substitute appearances for the Gunners this season, four of which have come in the Premier League.

His return of five goals is pretty impressive, and he ran the show in their 2-0 win over Reading in the League Cup last week, but the England international will want more time on the pitch than he is currently getting.

He started their last league game at Sunderland, and set up Alexis Sanchez’s header, but it remains to be seen whether he’ll continue to start in the Premier League.

If he doesn’t, he may seek a move elsewhere, and United would certainly benefit from his pace and creative spark, something they have been lacking at times this season.

To remain in the England set-up, Oxlade-Chamberlain knows that he needs minutes, and he could get that at United.