- Hojlund has failed to score in his last 19 appearances in the United of 19 men, but Ruben Amorim will have an important problem if he looks for an update in the attack
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Manchester United paid too soon for Rasmus Hojlund. He is a willing worker, but he has no scorer and, for £ 72 million, you want some goals for your investment!
Is it good enough to one day the main striker of United in a team that challenges large trophies? After 19 games without scoring, the evidence suggests that it is not.
Sympathy for the Danish. He is a young boy thrown into a team with difficulties that face great pressure, but I have to be honest and say that I don't think it's his answer in the future. More importantly, I don't believe that manager Ruben Amorim creates in him in the long term.
However, identifying the problem does not necessarily help solve it, and Amorim has an important problem.
Although you need an update in Hojlund, any world -class striker who is available this summer will also have other options and choose to go elsewhere.
Rasmus Hojlund cost Man United
After blocking in the raffle on Thursday in Real Socidad, Hojlund has gone 19 games without a goal
He has scored 23 goals in his first 79 United Games, including 12 in 52 Premier League games
That is a shock for a United Size and History Club. They have always become accustomed to buying the best. They would fold Wayne Rooney or Robin van Persie by hand, and they would look for them.
However, the landscape is very different now. If Alexander Isak of Newcastle is the best in class, Sunday visitors to Old Trafford, Arsenal, who would also like a NO 9, are in a much better place than together to attract the Swedish star to his club.
There was a time when United would be 90 percent signed by a superior player if they chase him. Now there is a 90 percent probability that Isak will reject them.
Jonathan David de Lille, who scored against Real Madrid and Liverpool in the champions League this season, is another highly qualified striker. But it is out of contract this summer and will have more attractive suitors than United.
Given a direct choice, Joao Pedro de Brighton, for example, would prefer Anfield to Old Trafford. How the powerful fallen.
Since you have to do something in advance without having a lot to spend, Amorim could end up using its personal history to sign Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon or make a relatively cheap movement for Jean-Philippe Mateta by Crystal Palace.
Both are decent front, but not the types that United would have seen in the past or even in more recent times, when Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic went to Old Trafford.
Today's A-Listers want regular football from the Champions League, competitive wages and a club with stability. That barely joined, who gave Erik had a new contract after winning the FA Cup, then fired it and generally lacked low ineos consistency.
Alexander Isak would be an ideal signing for United, but it is likely to have many better offers.
Amorim could meet with Viktor Gyokeres, but he is not someone united in the past
Leave Amorim in the awkward situation of probably having to sell to buy. As is the case, the players with decent market values (Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho) are the ones he would like to maintain.
Meanwhile, Stretford's end will be willing to break his sterile streak against Arsenal this weekend.
