The international break has been hot and cold for Manchester United players so far.
As usual, the international break has brought a host of talking points around Manchester United.
Casemiro impressed for Brazil on his return, while Matheus Cunha barely got a chance under Carlo Ancelotti during the first game of his reign.
Manuel Ugarte struggled in a Uruguay defeat. The biggest success has been Bruno Fernandes, who shone for Portugal as they beat Germany in the Nations League semi-final.
In younger age groups, Chido Obi has been excellent for Denmark U20, but in the senior team, Rasmus Hojlund has been struggling once again.
Now, Danish media have been criticising the 22-year-old.
Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images
Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images
After Denmark beat Northern Ireland 2-1, the press in Denmark were laying into Hojlund.
Hojlund was taken off for Mathias Kvistgaarden, who made his debut, and on a live blog covering the game, Tipsbladet wrote: “To be a little harsh, Mathias Kvistgaarden has already had a greater impact in 30 seconds than Rasmus Hojlund had in 65 minutes.”
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Danish outlet Campo handed Hojlund a 3/10 rating for his performance, adding: “It’s nice to give Højlund a 3-pointer. But frustration has been wearing him down – all season. Stupid free kicks, protests and no lucky finishes. Practice – come on, Hojlund.”
DR gave Danish football fans a chance to vote for the player ratings, with Hojlund averaging a score of just 2/10, which was the lowest of any player wearing red.
Finally, Sport TV2 also scored Hojlund a 2/10, criticising the striker: “Uha, uha. Hojlund didn’t succeed at anything. Seemed frustrated and made too many obvious free kicks. He seemed affected by the situation at Manchester United.”
Hojlund has been linked with Inter Milan this week, and judging from Danish media’s criticisms, a move would be the best thing Hojlund could do.
Rasmus Hojlund struggles in a 13-touch performance for Denmark
Hojlund will be desperate to go on holiday after the international break wraps up, after an excruciating campaign for club and country. His nightmare for United is coming to an end with Hojlund actively looking to leave, his Danish struggles are continuing.
Against Northern Ireland, Hojlund managed just 13 touches in 66 minutes.
66 minutes
0 shots
5/9 passes completed
0 chances created
13 touches
0 dribbles
1 offside
0 tackles won
0 interceptions
0 recoveries
1 time dribbled past
0/5 duels won
In these touches, he completed five passes out of nine (56 per cent), while embarrassingly he lost all five of his duels and failed to make a single shot.
Now, Hojlund has just one goal in his last 15 international fixtures, which is a record that will surely see him replaced imminently… potentially even by Obi.