{"id":16338,"date":"2025-04-13T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16338\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:10:09","slug":"ruben-amorim-tipped-to-sell-awful-manchester-united-star-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16338\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim tipped to sell ‘awful’ Manchester United star | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tManchester United are preparing for a crucial transfer window (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

Troy Deeney<\/a> believes a Manchester United<\/a> star is fighting a losing battle to save his Old Trafford<\/a> career.<\/p>\n

United fans were encouraged by Rasmus Hojlund<\/a>\u2019s first season at the club as he scored 16 goals in all competitions following a \u00a372m move from Atalanta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only has Hojlund failed to kick on this season, he has regressed \u2013 contributing just three Premier League goals.<\/p>\n

Hojlund was subbed off during Manchester United\u2019s Europa League quarter-final against Lyon in midweek<\/a> and ex-Premier League striker Deeney was shocked by his performance.<\/p>\n

Deeney described the display as \u2018awful\u2019 and accused Hojlund of getting \u2018bullied\u2019 by the Lyon defenders before he was replaced by Joshua Zirkzee on the hour mark.<\/p>\n

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Given Hojlund\u2019s struggles, United boss Ruben Amorim is believed to be keen to bring in a new striker this summer, expressing interest in Ipswich Town\u2019s Liam Delap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deeney believes time is running for Hojlund to save his Manchester United career and says the Denmark international will need to have \u2018an unbelievable pre-season\u2019 to convince Amorim to keep him.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tRasmus Hojlund in action for the Premier League giants (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

\u2018Based on what I saw from Hojlund against Lyon, I may as well get fit,\u201d Deeney told\u00a0talkSPORT<\/a>. \u2018No joke, he was awful.<\/p>\n

\u2018He looked confused, he looked lost.\u00a0His skill-set is running behind and getting pot-shots off as quick as he can.<\/p>\n

\u2018He ran to players, he was marking himself as opposed to a defender marking him.<\/p>\n

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\u2018As a striker, we\u2019re always told if a striker can touch you and feel you, then you\u2019re in the wrong position. He was running to the defender.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I just think based on that, he was awful. The thing is, you can have off days in terms of scoring and have a low year.<\/p>\n

\u2018But he was getting bullied. It looks like the pressure is getting to him. So he will have to have an unbelievable pre-season to stay there.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tEx-Premier League striker Troy Deeney (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if Hojlund retains his place in the Manchester United team on Sunday when the Red Devils face Newcastle United at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

Amorim could opt to drop Hojlund in fact of Zirzkee, who has begun to offer more to the team following a dismal start to his Premier League career.<\/p>\n

\u2018Obviously he had that tough time earlier in the season when he got dragged (against Newcastle)\u00a0and laughed at,\u2019 Deeney said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Since then, he\u2019s just shown a resilience of, \u201cNo, I\u2019ll show you\u201d. I\u2019m disappointed for him because if Onana hadn\u2019t made those mistakes we\u2019d be talking about how great of a performance it was from Zirkzee.<\/p>\n

\u2018The conversation will now be is Zirkzee about go on this run and are we going to see his full potential?\u2019<\/p>\n

A 2-2 draw in Lyon during the week<\/a> leaves Manchester United\u2019s Europa League quarter-final tie finely poised ahead of the return leg at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

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