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Erik ten Hag says Rasmus Hojlund “will get indignant” when he doesn’t rating.
The supervisor was talking on the pre-match press convention forward of tomorrow’s Premier League conflict with West Ham and was requested in regards to the 20 yr outdated.
“He is a superb character,” he stated. “At all times retains going and wanting to enhance. You see now how the staff is best and extra secure. We now serve the entrance line higher and he begins scoring.
Ten Hag was additionally bullish in regards to the relationship growing between the younger Dane and the extra skilled gamers round him.
“There’s something rising with Rashy, Garnacho, Bruno on the again,” he stated.
“Additionally different gamers within the second and third line. So he’s coming extra ready to attain.
“However I can inform you it’s not straightforward for a striker when you’ve excessive expectations from your self, and from the surface world, and when it’s not working, that’s the character. He will get indignant and mad when he doesn’t rating”.
“However he has the resilience and quietness to carry out underneath that stress. He hasn’t had any second when he needed to surrender. I’m completely satisfied that he’s scoring and there’s a lot of house for enchancment however now he’s on superb ranges.”
Ten Hag was additionally requested about this week’s anniversary of the Munich air catastrophe and what it means for the membership.
“I believe it tells quite a bit in regards to the legacy of this membership, in regards to the DNA of this membership, about having huge set backs, tragedy however struggle again, struggle again additionally with younger gamers, younger gamers who specific resilience,” he stated.
“As an example, Kobbie Mainoo, he’s an academy product and he confirmed that resilience at this time [against Wolves] and Munich was a catastrophe for the membership and the way the membership recovered from it and the way people recovered from it was nice. Such a catastrophe – if you survive this and a few years later, you’re lifting the most important trophy in European soccer, it’s immense, I believe we at all times ought to keep in mind this, it’s the legacy of why Man United exist.”
Answering a query in regards to the success of younger gamers within the aspect, Ten Hag replied:
“That’s one of many the explanation why I’m right here. To develop younger gamers. You want endurance and likewise you want the appropriate buildings. You want succesful coaches within the academy. To convey younger gamers in is a giant benefit as they know the DNA of the membership.”
