Man United's entire season may hinge on Hojlund adapting quickly
Premier League: Man United 3 Nottingham Forest 2
THE impressive, peaceful impassioned protests continued inside Old Trafford for an hour after Manchester United’s thrilling comeback victory against Forest although, for once, it was not just the despised owners, the Glazers, who were the object of the sit-in.
Chants of “sack the board” not only reflected a wretched week in which the club has badly mishandled the end of the Mason Greenwood legal saga but also references what looks like another underwhelming transfer window overseen by United executives.
Over £100 million has been spent on a goalkeeper, Andre Onana, and midfielder Mason Mount, who has picked up an early-season injury, as well as £72 million on striker Rasmus Hojlund.
The experience of the opening three games of the campaign suggests the speed with which the 20-year-old Dane adapts to the English game, once he recovers from a back injury that has prevented him playing to this point, could determine United’s entire season.
The body of evidence to support United's work in the transfer market in the decade since Alex Ferguson left the club is not positive. Yes, the Glazers are correctly criticised - to use the politest word possible - for the manner in which they take money out of the club but the argument can be made that it has been their appointment of inept executives that has proved far more damaging.
More time and effort than is healthy has been spent in the current window trying to offload expensive mistakes such as Harry Maguire, Anthony Martial and Eric Bailly, while Antony and Jadon Sancho head a list of players still trying to justify hefty fees.
It is against that backdrop that Hojlund will take his bow. The Dane had one full season in Denmark,
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