Peter Schmeichel reveals who deserves blame for ‘fantastic’ Man Utd star’s woeful form
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has leapt to the defence of Rasmus Hojlund and insiste. Ruben Amorim is not playing to the striker’s strengths.
Hojlund is on a run of 13 games without a goal, last hitting the back of the net in the Europa League win over Viktoria Plzen in December.
Both he and fellow striker Joshua Zirkzee เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา have faile to score in 2025 with Amorim making the decision to bench both players in Sunday’s defeat to Crystal Palace, instead playing Kobbie Mainoo in a false nine role.
The experiment was a damning indictment of the situation at Old Trafford, with Hojlund and Zirkzee, who combined cost over £100million, the manager’s only options up for the remainder of the season.
Former United captain Gary Neville has suggeste Amorim ‘may not like’ Hojlund leading his attack with United likely to focus on signing a new centre forward this summer with Sporting’s Viktor Gyokeres among their targets.
But Schmeichel has backed the ‘fantastic’ Denmark international to be key to any success United have going forward.
‘Manchester United don’t play the way you should play when you have a guy like Hojlund,’ the former goalkeeper told.
‘It’s difficult for him, and I think he’s doing fantastically.
‘He never gives up, he fights, and he doesn’t let it get to him. For me, there’s no doubt that he’s the future, and for me, there’s no doubt that he’s part of the forward-looking project.
‘What has happened this year, he will learn a lot from. This also applies to many other players at Manchester United – that it is a learning period.’
Hojlund, a £72million signing from Atalanta, score a very respectable 16 goals in his first season in English football, 10 of those coming in 25 Premier League starts.