Sir Alex Ferguson’s stern warning to Manchester United legends that could get Rasmus Hojlund firing as shocking stat emerges

Sir Alex Ferguson's strict instruction to a number of Manchester United legends on how to play with Robin van Persie could work wonders for Rasmus Hojlund today.

The striker signed for the Premier League giants in the summer in a £72million deal, but he has struggled to make it work in Erik ten Hag's team.

Hojlund has scored five Champions League goals but has been unable to find the target in the Premier League in 12 matches.

Statistics also show that the 20-year-old is lacking service for United, with the forward receiving less than 150 passes from his teammates this season.

That's the lowest figure in the Premier League, with stats showing he is the centre-forward with the least amount of service in the whole of the top flight.

In contrast, Tottenham star Heung-min Son is close to reaching 400 passes, with Hojlund clearly needing more help in the attack.

A lesson on how to solve this could be learned from iconic former manager Ferguson, whose signing of Van Persie in 2012 helped United win the Premier League.

In 2020, Rio Ferdinand recalled a conversation from his old boss about the Dutchman and how he will prove key for the side.

«Robin was top goal scorer in the league at the time,» he told BT Sport, now TNT Sports. "Sir Alex Ferguson brought us into a meeting room and we all thought he was going to give us a pat on the back and say, 'Well done.'

«He said, 'I've brought a player in,' he showed us about six or seven clips, he had probably about 30. He hammered Michael Carrick, Scholesy [Paul Scholes], me, other players, 'You're not passing the ball'.

»He said: 'He's [Van Persie] going to win you the league if you pass him the ball like this.' And we wasn't."

Van Persie himself then added: «He literally said to Scholesy,