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Bayer Leverkusen chief Keld Bordinggaard has mentioned that Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund firmly matches the mould of what he considers a “avenue footballer.”
United forked out £72m final summer time to safe Hojlund’s providers from Italian outfit Atalanta.
The Dane initially struggled to open his goalscoring account within the Premier League regardless of being very prolific within the Champions League earlier than United’s elimination from the competitors.
Hojlund lastly broke his duck in England’s prime flight on Boxing Day final 12 months throughout a sensational comeback in opposition to Aston Villa at Previous Trafford.
Since then, he has not regarded again.
The United man has plundered seven targets within the Premier League alone and 13 in whole throughout all competitions. That is regardless of him lacking quite a lot of video games this time period attributable to harm.
Hojlund even gained the league’s February Participant of the Month award for his exploits.
The 21-year-old has actually proven that he has what it takes to guide the road for United for a few years to return.
Keld Bordinggaard, head of teaching at Leverkusen spoke to Tribal Soccer and branded Hojlund as a avenue footballer.
The previous Denmark worldwide divulged, “A street-footballer is commonly perceived as a artistic freestyler, however that isn’t how I take a look at it. For my part, a street-footballer is a technically gifted participant who makes good selections shortly.”
Alongside Hojlund, the Leverkusen chief additionally famous that Germany worldwide Florian Wirtz matches the outline.
He added about Hojlund, ” He’s uncooked with numerous high quality, and he’s a participant who is excellent at connecting with the gamers round him.”
“However he additionally obtained an excellent education at FC Copenhagen. Even perhaps higher than they knew themselves.”
Hojlund in fact began out at FC Copenhagen however was offloaded to Sturm Graz. From there, a change to Atalanta adopted earlier than United swooped in for him final 12 months.
Bordinggaard advised Tribal Soccer, “Sturm clearly noticed a participant who may assist them at a stage slightly below FC Copenhagen. For him to develop like that, nobody noticed coming. Clearly, FC Copenhagen wouldn’t have let him go, if that they had.”
“That’s what occurs when people enter the equation and fortunately, we see that on a regular basis. You’ll be able to’t put a footballer’s growth in a components, there are just too many variables.”
The Leverkusen chief additionally opened up on ex-United star Jesper Olsen.
Bordinggaard revealed that he charges Olsen as probably the greatest gamers Denmark has ever produced however he lies only a stage beneath the likes of Michael Laudrup and Allan Simonsen.
