{"id":247141,"date":"2025-11-06T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/247141\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:52:13","slug":"the-tide-is-turning-against-rasmus-hojlund-with-italian-press-critical-of-his-latest-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/247141\/","title":{"rendered":"The tide is turning against Rasmus Hojlund with Italian press critical of his latest performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund is trying to rediscover his goalscoring touch.<\/p>\n

During his two seasons at the club, Rasmus Hojlund<\/a> demonstrated just how much of a streaky player he could be.<\/p>\n

Hojlund waited 14 Premier League games to score his first goal for United, and then last season, the Dane went 21 games without a goal in all competitions.<\/p>\n

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Ruben Amorim<\/a> decided he wanted to replace Hojlund, and cast him aside as soon as Benjamin Sesko was signed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hojlund was loaned out to Napoli<\/a>, who have an option to buy. It is likely the move becomes permanent, although the Serie A side could try to re-negotiate the terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"RasmusPhoto by Giuseppe Maffia\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesRasmus Hojlund\u2019s wait for another goal<\/p>\n

During the October international break, Rasmus Hojlund scored three goals in two games for Denmark.<\/p>\n

Hojlund, 22, has not scored since.<\/p>\n

The Manchester United loanee spent time out with a minor injury, and since his return, he has failed to score in three games.<\/p>\n

It is a Napoli-wide problem, with the reigning Serie A champions managing just one goal over their last three matches.<\/p>\n

Manager Antonio Conte is frustrated<\/a>, he called out the players\u2019 disappointing finishing in their recent 0-0 draw. Hojlund was one of the several guilty parties who missed chances.<\/p>\n

Hojlund\u2019s last goal for Napoli came back on October 5. He has four goals in nine matches overall, but the fear is that he is at the start of one of his really long droughts.<\/p>\n

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Poll: Did Manchester United make a mistake with Rasmus Hojlund?Italian press critical of Rasmus Hojlund<\/p>\n

Rasmus Hojlund\u2019s transfer to Napoli has largely been seen as a success. But the mood has started to turn.<\/p>\n

Hojlund was criticised after Napoli\u2019s 0-0 draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

The Corriere dello Sport<\/a> gave him a 5\/10 for his performance, writing: \u201cThis time in Europe, where he excels, he doesn\u2019t repeat himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a good chance at the start of the match, but shoots at Zetterer. He\u2019s also timid at the end.\u201d <\/p>\n

The outlet noted how he was easily man-marked by former Leeds defender Robin Koch, who \u2018easily won\u2019 their duel.<\/p>\n

CdS <\/a>added how the Manchester United loanee has lost his spark, commenting: \u201cHojlund, inevitably, finds himself at the centre of the debate: the Dane, who had dazzled on his return to Italy, who had forcefully knocked on the door of Europe with a brace against Sporting Lisbon,\u00a0is now struggling to make an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Napoli are away at Bologna at the weekend, the final club game before the international break.<\/p>\n

Hojlund will be desperate to get back on the scoresheet and reset the narrative, with Romelu Lukaku moving closer in his bid to return from injury before the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund is trying to rediscover his goalscoring touch. During his two seasons at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,11287,785,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-247141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-loan-players","10":"tag-rasmus-hojlund","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}