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Jamie Carragher believes Rasmus Hojlund is finally starting to live up to his £72million price tag.
Manchester United shelled out the huge fee on the striker in the summer transfer window of 2023. He scored 16 goals in his debut campaign and showed some bright moments in what was an awful season for Erik ten Hag’s men.
Unfortunately for the Dane, he suffered a hamstring injury in pre-season, which has restricted him to just six appearances thus far. But he is beginning to get up to speed, scoring against Porto in the Europa League, before notching the winner against Brentford on Saturday.
Carragher has certainly been impressed with the 21-year-old and believes he is now on the right track. The Liverpool legend picked out Hojlund’s performance against Porto in particular as evidence he is finally starting to become a top striker.
“Hojlund, I think he’s starting to look a player. I was really impressed with him in Porto a couple of weeks ago, he put a real shift in,” Carragher told Monday Night Football when analysing the United game. “There’s real talent in the front three, but the man who gets the winning goal, I think he’s starting to look a player. We talk about Marcus Rashfor being better suited on the left, but he played on the right [against Brentford].
“I think it’s one of his best games we’ve seen. Garnacho on the left side scores a great goal. I think the combination of that front three is maybe something that can keep them going.”
“I’m just trying to bring everything I can every time I step onto the pitch, especially here.It was just about trying to not fight too much with the defenders. I had a good situation where I spun him.
“I kept trying to do that, focusing on getting the ball down to the feet, holding it and playing from there. It worked very well and I’m very pleased with the team’s and my own performance.”
