Manchester United have stuttered in the Premier League in recent weeks, and you have to go back to the end of September for their last league win.

Jose Mourinho’s men, who won their first three league games, have not won any of the four matches since their win over Leicester on September 24, and have suffered a 4-0 thrashing at Chelsea in that time.

Add in the two defeats prior to the Leicester victory, and it’s just one win in seven for Mourinho’s side who, subsequently, sit eighth in the Premier League table.

Despite this, the Red Devils have reached the last eight of the League Cup, a title they haven’t won since 2010, courtesy of a 1-0 win over Manchester City in the last round, and will fancy their chances of reaching the last four when they take on West Ham in the quarter-finals at the end of the month.

Their Europa League form has also been indifferent, with victories over Zorya and Fenerbahce succeeding a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Feyenoord in their first match, but they are on course to qualify for the knock-out stages.

Nevertheless, United’s laboured start could force Mourinho to act in the January transfer window, and perhaps look to other Premier League clubs in a bid to reinforce his squad.

Thus, here are TWO Liverpool players he could lure to Old Trafford in January…

Divock Origi

With Liverpool’s attacking players in such great form at the moment, it doesn’t look like any of them will want to leave Anfield for Old Trafford in January.

However, their great form suggests that Divock Origi isn’t going to break into the first team any time soon.

The 21-year-old signed from Lille back in 2014 and was immediately loaned back to the French club, but since returning to Anfield, he has made just 24 Premier League appearances, 17 of which have been from the substitute’s bench.

Although he is a regular feature in the Reds’ Cup side, if Origi is seeking first team football right now in his career, it might not be at Anfield.

He’s young, he’s promising, and he would have a lot of suitors. It would be a risky move, but could potentially work out very well for United if they signed him in January.

Sir Alex Ferguson attempted to sign him years ago when he was at Genk, and Mourinho might do the same now.

Daniel Sturridge

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge faces an uncertain few months at Anfield.

The England international has been used infrequently by Klopp in the Premier League this season, making just four starts and three other substitute appearances, and has yet to find the net in any of them.

Despite netting twice in the 2-1 win over Tottenham in last week’s League Cup, the likes of Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho, and Sadio Mane appear to be buying into Klopp’s philosophy better than Sturridge, and it remains to be seen whether he will buy into it or not.

United were wasteful against Burnley on Saturday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic the main culprit, and if they want someone with a proven record of putting the ball in the net in the Premier League, they need look no further than Sturridge, who could be available in January.