Former Man United striker Dwight Yorke has named Rasmus Hojlund as someone who hasn’t been good enough and was a waste of money. 

Hojlund has struggled to score goals for United this season, making 22 appearances for the club but only netting twice.

The Danish international has been Ruben Amorim’s first-choice striker this season, but with the recent emergence of Chido Obi Martin in Man United’s defeat to Fulham, Hojlund may lose his spot in the starting XI.

The Red Devils paid £72 million for the striker in August 2023, but he is yet to develop into the star player that Man United thought they were paying for.

Former United striker Dwight Yorke slammed the club for paying so much for Hojlund, and says that he is nowhere near good enough for Amorim’s side.

Yorke told Casinobeats.com: “Even if you’re a prospect, you’ve got to show why you’re a prospect. Hojlund, I’m yet to see anything that suggests he’s the future number nine for Manchester United. He’s not even close.

“You defend people as best you can. You give people a chance, but he’s been there for nearly two seasons. It’s not going to get any better than that. You’re buying prospects for 72 million? That’s insane.

“In the summer, that’s probably an area that they’ll be looking at. They must be looking at it, as will a lot of clubs.”

Man United set to sign a striker in summer

Seeing as Hojlund has not been the number nine that United hoped they were getting, the club could try and sign a striker in summer to fix their lack of goals this season.

The Red Devils are the fifth-lowest scoring team in the Premier League, and so a goal scorer will be on the top of their transfer list for the summer.

They have been linked with signing on-loan Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen, who will return to Napoli at the end of the season. The Nigerian striker has a world-class goal scoring pedigree as he has netted 16 goals in 20 league games for the Turkish side this season.

He has a £62m release clause, and so any chance that Man United could sign Osimhen would come down to their position with regards to financial fair play, and any outgoing players in the summer.

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