People forget that Rooney cost a bomb at the time as well. We payed for pure potential
Rasmus Højlund | Manchester United Player | Shirt Nr 11
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That's fair, yes, but we'll need some actual stats to start comparing, is all I'm saying. Would be a deception if he scores at a low rate but we also will have to judge in the team as a whole, the front 3 clearly suffer from missing his profile.
If he is a killer finisher and scores 20+ this year I won't be angry though.
Rooney was sensational at 16 and world class by the time he was 20. We weren't paying for potential. There was no doubt about how good he'd be
What?! He was already a big player at Euro 2004. Paying for pure potential would've been signing him at 14.
Surely you didn't see him at the time to have this bizarre view? Rooney was a sure thing, there was no doubt, hence the unbelievable excitement around him before and when we bought him. He was a man when he was signed, even if his birth certificate said otherwise. Pure potential
People need to stop bringing him up, its tedious.
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Rooney was so so underrated here.
This. Rooney's hype was like Bellingham on roids. He was hyped like the second coming of Christ destined to bring the NT back to glory. If there was another Rooney like player right now he wouldnt sell for under 100m at the cheapest. Im not taking anything from Hojlund here but when both are at the same age and stage of their career Hojlund isnt fit to lace Rooney's boot. This is just speaking objectively. Rooney was United top scorer during his first season and he was even younger than Hojlund now iirc. Second season (current Hojlund age) he has like around 1 goal per 2 games ratio for us in the leagueSurely you didn't see him at the time to have this bizarre view? Rooney was a sure thing, there was no doubt, hence the unbelievable excitement around him before and when we bought him. He was a man when we he was signed, even if his birth certificate said otherwise. Pure potential
People need to stop bringing him up, its tedious.
Hardly; he was on a continuum of very good to excellent for about eight years. Once his level dropped, it dropped for good and he fell off a cliff.
100m if he's injured and out of action for 8 months or something. Dude was Mbappe before Mbappe. Just happened to be part of a shite international setup and lost out on that front.
If a 20 year old who has never played in the EPL scores 10 goals in his first season, that's pretty good.
It's not his fault that, as usual, we overpaid for a player by quite a bit.
He was probably top 3 best player in our squad when we bought him. He was that good.
Or that the team he’s now in isn’t firing…or that in terms of a league title this season…it’s already over bar the shouting…
When do we start wondering if the rumours are true that his back injury is a lot more severe than we are being told?
Even we are not THAT stupid to buy young player with serious injury.
I dunno, it sounded serious enough
It will not be good for the club though. Our result this season will suffer because of it. Unless Martial finally steps up.
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When we see any sort of substance to those rumours.
What‽ He was better (by way of consistency) than Ronaldo at the time. He was a sure thing and nobody was suggesting otherwise.
Looked like the best player at the Euros before getting injured, was a pretty fecking sure thing was Rooney.
Better than what we had last season with Weghorst. The right move now would be to buy another striker considering we're letting go of Greenwood.
He can come out on a wheelchair and I would have more faith in him than Martial.
Keep the chance creation up and he will fill his boots in this team
Rooney had also shown at Everton how amazing he was already at 16. He was expensive for a reason.
What's the substance of these rumours? Doubt even this club, and their acquiescence to ETH's player choices even in the face of advice otherwise, would seriously follow through with a 70m transfer if there was a serious back issue affecting mobility long-term...
Can't come soon enough. Martial was absolutely diabolical.
Let's stop the comparison with Rooney. He scored a hat trick in his debut at age of 18 says it all. End of debate.
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Can't argue with that.
We are creating plenty of chances. That’s the positive.
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If not already, when's he back in full training?
Ups sorry
A few times the ball was put into the box and both Rashford and Martial were on their heels, that's where I think we will mainly see the difference with having Rasmus in the team.
Hattrick at the Emirates on debut sounds fantastic
I pray he’s competent unlike the rest of our forwards at finishing.
He is currently training with the team according to the club’s mail. Hopefully we see him as substitute next match.
Started Friday. Ten Hag wants him to do a full week then hopefully he’ll be involved for the Arsenal game.
Read on the interwebs Hojlund will start Sunday @ Emirates. Is this for real?
Does he even have a number? (Garnacho took #17).
Does he even have a number? (Garnacho took #17).
No, the official website has him with no number