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Manchester United Gary Neville has launched a defence of Rasmus Hojlund’s first season in England and for his former facet.
The Danish striker was signed from Atalanta final summer time and was tasked with being the membership’s predominant striker, regardless of solely being 20 years previous when he put pen to paper.
He received off to a flying begin, scoring 5 objectives in six Champions League video games, however failed to search out the again of the online domestically till Boxing Day.
Regardless of a sluggish begin he did handle to complete the season because the membership’s prime scorer with 16 objectives in all competitions.
Talking as a pundit on ITV throughout protection of the Euro 2024 competitors (by way of The Manchester Night Information) Neville praised the 21 12 months previous’s first season at Previous Trafford.
“I feel he has performed properly. When you consider what Manchester United have performed to gamers within the final 10 years, they’ve damaged seasoned internationals who’ve signed for giant cash.”
The previous United captain then claimed that the striker has reacted properly to becoming a member of the staff in such a tough, transitional second within the staff’s historical past.
“The shortage of stability within the membership during the last 12 months, all of the modifications, notably up on the prime, they’ve received principally no centre-forwards aside from him. They’ve received broad gamers who have been out of shape that weren’t giving him the kind of service he wanted.”
The United legend then went on to reward his character and claimed he has the psychological energy to make it at Previous Trafford when others haven’t.
“However he scored 16 objectives in 35 begins and most of all, he stood up that child. Throughout the powerful instances within the season he was the one who I believed ‘what a character he’s received’.”
Neville additionally claimed that the ahead was put in an ungainly scenario because of Anthony Martial’s harm and the staff’s incapacity to herald seasoned veteran alongside him.
“I feel he ought to have been supported extra by having a extra skilled striker alongside him however they couldn’t get one in and it was all left to him. I feel he’s had a very good first season and he’s received the potential to be one thing fairly good.”
The Sky Sports activities pundit has already claimed that he can’t see Hojlund changing into a “nice” Premier League striker however he might mould himself into one that may rating 20 objectives a season.
Hojlund had a sluggish begin to his Euro 2024 marketing campaign in opposition to Slovenia however he will likely be hoping to make far more of an impression when the Scandinavians face England on Thursday.
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