As his scorching form continued over the weekend, Rasmus Hojlund continued to reap the benefits of the guidance of a Manchester United striker who had won a championship.
The £72 million summer acquisition from Atalanta struggled to score goals for his new team in the Premier League at first, despite scoring five goals in the Champions League.
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Ever since, Hojlund has scored in five straight Premier League games. This past weekend, he struck against Villa again, but this time away from home.By achieving this, the 21-year-old surpassed former Arsenal forward Nicolas Anelka as the second-youngest player in division history to score in five consecutive games.
Hojlund had to recover from a back issue that bothered him in the early weeks of his tenure at the club and has been putting in a lot of work to catch up with the Premier League.
Not least of all, a certain Robin van Persie, among other trainers and former United players, have given him advise and insight.The former Netherlands international, who now stands at 14th place among Premier League goal scorers all time with 144 goals, visited Carrington last week in order to finish a portion of his UEFA Pro License.
The Athletic claims that in addition to learning from Erik ten Hag and United’s other coaches, Van Persie also shared some of his own wisdom.
Van Persie and Hojlund had a “long conversation” during a lull in the Carrington training regimen, during which Van Persie imparted some wisdom.Ten Hag reacted to Hojlund’s improved play last week by saying, “You can see how Hojlund is improving.” We have faith in him.
“He gets upset and frustrated when he doesn’t score, but that’s also the reason we chose him.” He can function well under pressure since he is resilient and serene.
“There has never been a time when he felt like giving up.”
Along with two other Dutch coaches, Van Persie was permitted to watch United’s training sessions last week. He also had conversations with Ten Hag, assistant coach Mitchell van der Gaag, and football director John Murtough.