In many interviews, Ruben Amorim has publicly talked about the problems Rasmus Hojlund is facing. The Portuguese strategist admitted that Man United is not getting enough support, sometimes not knowing how to support the Danish striker.
Since the start of the 2024-2025 Premier League campaign, Hojlund has only scored 2 goals. The last time he scored was on December 7, 2024. Meanwhile, in the Europa League, Hojlund has scored 5 goals.
Most recently in the match against Everton, Rasmus Hojlund was substituted by Chido Obi Martin in the 70th minute. In the last 15 matches in all competitions, Hojlund has not been rated 7 points or more in any match by Sofascore. It was a disastrous season for the former Atalanta star.
"The club has no way to help him. Man United are very secretive in threatening the opponent's goal and creating opportunities. Everyone feels that clearly in every match.
Sometimes Man United had a lot of possession in the last third of the field but could not create enough pressure. When the team was defending, the opponent also saw that we were unlikely to change the state quickly. Therefore, it is difficult to create opportunities for the strikers.
I always think Hojlund is a potential player. If Man United improve their playing style, I will probably help him more. Hojlund is still very young and has many opportunities to develop as a striker.
He is a striker with speed and technique, who has scored some unimaginable goals. However, at the moment, Hojlund is sometimes too impatient to score. Or sometimes he tries to touch the ball in the context of being hungry for the previous few minutes" - Ruben Amorim shared.
Although he said Hojlund was working hard in training sessions, Amorim admitted that this was not something that could change soon. The fact that the club's starting striker could not score has caused Man United to receive very bad statistics. They have only scored 30 goals since the beginning of the season, this number is more than the 4 teams: Everton, Ipswich, Leicester City and Southampton. In this group, apart from Everton, the remaining 3 teams are all new players and are in the group holding the red light.
As Ruben Amorim said, Hojlund's lack of opportunities led to the Danish striker himself being unable to score. Since the beginning of the season, Hojlund has only had 16 shots in the Premier League, a number less than Southampton's centre-back Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
There are up to 145 other Premier League players who have scored more than Hojlund. In the Man United team, many people assigned to defend such as Lisandro Martinez (17), Diogo Dalot (19) and Casemiro 20. have also scored more.
Worse, since the beginning of the season, Hojlund has only had 1 shot more than once, which was against Tottenham (3 shots). Hojlund's expected goals are 2.52. This is equivalent to Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix (2.55). The more you compare, the more Hojlund gets worse.
