Rasmus Hojlund to Manchester United: Erling Haaland comparisons, rock-star attitude and becoming the total package
Manchester United target Rasmus Hojlund has been compared to Erling Haaland. With exclusive insight from those who have worked with the Atalanta striker, Adam Bate finds out why the Dane is described as a rock-star footballer and the total package...
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Wednesday 5 July 2023 12:30, UK
It is easy to assume that comparisons with Erling Haaland are neither warranted nor wanted but Rasmus Hojlund might be the exception. Denmark’s rock-star striker, labelled the total package, does not shy away from suggestions of a resemblance.
«I can see the similarities. He is fast. I am also fast. He is left-footed. I am also left-footed. He is strong and I am strong too.» Hojlund might have added that they both have an easy confidence. It could see him join Haaland in Manchester next season.
Interest from Manchester United underlines the rapid rise of a precocious talent who had yet to score his first league goal when he left Copenhagen for Sturm Graz in January of last year. He was there just seven months before being sold on to Atalanta.
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Such was his impact in Austria that the club received a fee of €17m (£14.56m) — around ten times what they had paid. His subsequent success in Serie A means Atalanta can demand far more too. But what did Sturm Graz see in the man now touted as United's next superstar?
For sporting director Andreas Schicker, Hojlund is the template. «The idea here is to have success on the pitch with a team built around a few more experienced leaders who are surrounded by young, talented players who we want to develop,» he tells Sky Sports.
«We get them ready for the next step, have success and make a profit. Rasmus is a very
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