Peter Schmeichel has made a bold claim that Rasmus Hojlund was set up to fail at Manchester United.
With reports that Benjamin Sesko will be out until January through injury, United find themselves limited up front.
The former goalkeeper said: “Rasmus Hojlund was a goal machine. And he will be a goal machine everywhere.
“He’ll have periods where he doesn’t score, but he will score a lot of goals. He’s young and, from childhood, completely a Manchester United fan. He would do anything for this football club, and he played in the period where he had no service.
“He had players there who very openly would not even pass it to him. A young kid who needed to be coached in order to maximise his great talent, which I think he has; I see him playing for Denmark.
“This is a fantastic player. What do we do? Well, we got the head of recruitment in from Red Bull [United’s director of recruitment, formerly technical director at RB Leipzig] and what does he do? He brings in his player.
“So you’ve got Benjamin Sesko, who is a great player but is always injured. He doesn’t play. We have already gone two years down the road with a striker who has so much potential. Why did we feel the need to make a change there?”
Former Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund moved to Napoli this summer.(Image: (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images))