“We have to win every match. There are high expectations on us in every match, but you can only meet those expectations when you have exceptional players. But in the last decade and especially in this period we have not always managed to have the players we wanted.” Thoughts and words of Erik ten Hagmanager of Manchester United, who in a long interview with Sky Sports UK also revealed some market background:
“Then you have to build and you have to accept bringing in talented youngsters instead of players who have already proven themselves in the past. We have made some choices with young talents like Rasmus Hojlund”. Red Devils he revealed that he had thought about another striker before: “Harry Kane is someone who has already demonstrated, we wanted to buy him but we couldn’t. And then we went for Hojlund who is a talented footballer”.
Of course, the difference between Hojlund and Kane still exists: “With Harry Kane you know you score 30 goals. I think Rasmus will get there, but he needs time. It’s not right to evaluate him in the same way as Kane. I would never compare these two players because they are very different. With Hojlund we got the maximum potential in the striker position last summer. We are very happy with him, but he also needs time to adapt. We are very happy that he has demonstrated his ability to score goals.”