At the risk of piling on to the laundry list of Manchester United concerns — back-to-back Champions League defeats, four defeats in seven games to open the Premier League season, no sign of the football Erik Ten Hag played at Ajax, Antony being questioned by police in two countries for assaulting women, Jadon Sancho exiled from the squad, Luke Shaw and Lisandro Martínez injured, the club being wholly or partly up for sale and nobody meeting the owners’ expectations, Harry Maguire sticking around and the Glazers, too — I wonder if it’s time to fret over Rasmus Hojlund.
It has nothing to do with his attitude or his production thus far. Despite being injured going into the season, the young center-forward has looked, sharp, motivated and gifted. He scored a fine goal against Galatasaray and was among those least to blame for the home defeat.
Rather, I’m concerned about the enormity of the task in front of him: playing center-forward at his age on a team of United’s magnitude at a time when all is not well and still living up to expectations.
Hojlund does not turn 21 until Feb. 4. He reportedly cost the club a whopping €70m ($73.5m) in transfer fees, rising to €80m ($84m) this past summer. To put this in context, according to Transfermarkt, only 42…
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