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Manchester United’s poor start to the new season has largely been down to the team’s profligacy in front of goal.
Being without first choice striker Rasmus Hojlund hasn’t helped the cause after the Dane picked up an injury in the pre-season tour of the U.S.
Hojlund is working his way back to fitness and has featured in United’s last handful of games but is yet to complete 90 minutes this term.
However, the 21-year-old has been summoned for international duty and featured briefly for Denmark in the 1-0 defeat to Spain over the weekend.
Denmark continue their Nations League campaign against Switzerland tomorrow but were without Hojlund in their warm-up session ahead of the game.
As reported by local media, the United man was missing from training but they do believe it’s more likely to protect the player rather than a fresh injury setback.
No official word has come from the Danish camp but it’s expected Hojlund will be available for selection tomorrow.
Erik ten Hag will be desperate for his centre-forward to come through the Swiss encounter unscathed as he faces a huge few weeks to save his job at Old Trafford.
United has mustered up just five goals from their opening seven league games with only Southampton scoring fewer.
Despite scoring on his debut and showing some tidy link-up play, Joshua Zirkzee doesn’t appear to possess the goalscoring nous of an out-and-out number nine.
Getting Hojlund back to full fitness is a must for United, who need to start finding the back of the net to turn their season around.
Brentford visit Old Trafford this coming Saturday and Ten Hag knows it’s crucial Ten Hag collects all three points to ease the growing pressure on his shoulders.
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2024-10-14 09:45:40
