 TALK about pressure, Rasmus Hojlund has a whole heap of it on his young shoulders. Manchester United news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy His £72million move from Atalanta has ended Manchester United's interest in Harry Kane but fans, pundits and the bloke down the pub who has an opinion on everything will be comparing his performances to those of the Tottenham striker and hotly debating whether the Old Trafford board should have splashed the extra cash for the England captain. And then there's the imposing figure of Erling Haaland just down the road at Manchester City and his 36 Premier League goals in his first season at the Etihad Stadium. United fans will also inevitably compare the 20-year-old to Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial as well as former forwards at the Theatre of Dreams such as Radamel Falcao, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, Teddy Sheringham, Dwight Yorke, Andrew Cole… you get the picture. It may not be fair on the young Denmark striker but that's the way football is and he has a huge reputation as well as the massive price tag to live up to after scoring ten times in 34 Serie A appearances last season. Hojlund misses the first few weeks of the season with a minor injury but the chances are that when he's fully fit he will be thrown in at the deep end and expected to start banging in the goals required for United to pose a threat to City's dominance at the top of the table. Marcus Rashford will score plenty of goals for Manchester United this season (Picture: Getty Images) Hojlund's 25/1 with bet365 to win the Golden Boot but that's unlikely even on each-way terms. Rashford's the better option to top the scoring charts at the same price with Betway but the best bet for the resurgent England marksman is to back him at evens with William Hill to be United's best finisher in the league this seaso){kind=link}
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TALK about pressure, Rasmus Hojlund has a whole heap of it on his young shoulders.
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His £72million move from Atalanta has ended Manchester United’s interest in Harry Kane but fans, pundits and the bloke down the pub who has an opinion on everything will be comparing his performances to those of the Tottenham striker and hotly debating whether the Old Trafford board should have splashed the extra cash for the England captain.
And then there’s the imposing figure of Erling Haaland just down the road at Manchester City and his 36 Premier League goals in his first season at the Etihad Stadium.