‘It have to be s*** for Hojlund – no-one desires to play with Rashford and Garnacho’
Former Manchester United star Paul Parker has sympathised with Rasmus Hojlund – as a result of “nobody desires to play with Alejandro Garnacho or Marcus Rashford.”
Parker, who made 142 appearances for the Red Devils between 1991 and 1996, made the astonishing feedback forward of the membership’s fourth spherical FA Cup tie towards Newport County. He believes Hojlund, a £64million signing from Atalanta in the summertime, doesn’t obtain sufficient of the ball from his United team-mates and has urged him to be extra egocentric.
Hojlund has scored seven targets in 25 appearances since his summer season transfer to Old Trafford, together with two in his final three matches. But Parker reckons that tally might enhance additional with extra assist from Rashford and Garnacho.
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Speaking to Danish journal Tipsbladet, Parker claimed: “Honestly, it must be s*** to be Rasmus Hojlund and play with those team-mates. No strikers want to play alongside Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho.”
“I’ve seen that Roy Keane has said that Hojlund hasn’t shown enough desire to score goals, but it must also be difficult when you never get the ball. However, I can see where Keane is coming from because Hojlund sometimes doesn’t make the runs into the box, which is a weakness. He needs to improve on that.”
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“On the other hand, all Manchester United fans understand him. Why should he exert energy on it when he won’t get the ball anyway? I’ve said it before, but he needs to be more selfish. He should demand to get the ball every time.”
Rashford has struggled for targets this season however did discover the web in United’s two most up-to-date Premier League video games. The 26-year-old bagged towards Nottingham Forest on New Year’s Day and put United 2-1 forward towards Tottenham final day out in a sport that ended 2-2.
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Garnacho, however, has loved one thing of a breakthrough season at Old Trafford. The Argentinian has 5 targets and two assists to his identify, together with that bicycle kick towards towards Everton in November.