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5 months ago
46 Rasmus Hojlund has learned the hard way that joining Manchester United, especially at a young age for such a big fee, has repercussions in the English media.
The Dane signed for United on a £72 million package deal from Atalanta last summer, with the Red Devils opting to pay £64m upfront for the then-20-year-old.
When it took Hojlund 15 matches to open his Premier League account, outlets were quick to take the opportunity to question whether he was suitable to lead the club’s line during such a turbulent period.
This came despite the fact that he’d already scored five goals in six Champions League matches, proving he could rise to the occasion on the biggest stage in Europe.
Nevertheless, the forward proceeded to silence his doubters after he oversaw a prolific run of form which saw him score seven goals in six straight games, making Premier League history in the process by becoming the youngest-ever player to do so.
An injury put an abrupt end to the streak and, towards the end of the term when the goals had somewhat dried up again, Manchester Evening News released an article claiming that Hojlund’s teammates were ‘reluctant’ to pass the ball to him, as they were ‘unconvinced’ by his striking abilities.
Running such stories on players of Hojlund’s age while he was navigating his first campaign as a sole No.9 is bizarre.
Hojlund rubbishes tasteless report
He clearly thought so, too, as he told Danish publication Tipsbladet: “I do not understand such an article. I feel like I get the ball if I’m in the right positions.
“I would have liked to get the ball a bit more sometimes, but that’s just not always possible. This is, again, an example of something I have to shut out because it’s just a lot of noise.
“You have to filter out the stories because 90-95 per cent of them are nonsense. I had to learn to sort through them because there’s not much else I can do other than put them on ice.”

