The Denmark international has been enjoying a rich goalscoring streak of late by delivering the goods on a consistent basis in recent weeks.
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Manchester United suffered a major injury blow, as their in-form striker Rasmus Hojlund is set to spend time on the sidelines. The Denmark international has been enjoying a rich goalscoring streak of late by delivering the goods on a consistent basis in recent weeks. His goals have proved vital for the club, as they have embarked on a positive run of results lately. Hence, the latest development about his injury would have come as a big blow to the club and its supporters.
Rasmus Hojlund will undoubtedly miss the Saturday evening Premier League contest against Fulham at Old Trafford. But the full extent of his absence was revealed by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag during the pre-match press conference. “It is a small injury, two to three weeks. That is what happens and the risk [when you are] playing at high intensity, training. As I say it is not a big injury, but he has to wait for one, two, three weeks,” ten Hag, quoted on the club’s website, said.
Man United have been suffering with injuries all season long. Just when it looked like the injury concern was behind them, the Red Devils suffered new injuries to Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw and, now, Hojlund. The manager was asked whether he sees it as a positive or negative to give fringe players the opportunity. “It is both. Other players will get the opportunity to show their qualities. We are very curious and we have the confidence they can, as this is the reason we constructed this squad heading into the January window. We saw that players are developing, progressing, who didn’t have the chance lately or in the first half of the season, or they were injured. Now they will get opportunities and now they will get the chance to fit in and to contribute,” he stated.
The attention then shifted to the club’s new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe after confirmation that he had completed a deal to acquire part of the club. Earlier this week, he spoke about his ambitions and vision for the club. Ten Hag was asked what has he gathered from Ratcliffe about his demands on him and the team. He responded, “It is not from his press conference. We speak a lot and I have had many conversations with him and Dave Brailsford about this club and about the team and structures. We are very aligned and I am very behind their ambitions. I think it totally fits with the ambitions I have and with the ones I had when I came in.”
The manager added: “We are in that project and for me I am now 18-19 months in and I see we are going in the right direction. Yes, we have had setbacks in the second season, but you can see the team coming. You see the squad progressing and developing. We need to keep going with that process, work hard on the training pitch and work hard during games. Of course it is very important to have the players fit but also to construct a squad which is robust. I’m sure we will be very strong and will be even stronger when we add to this squad even more quality.”
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