Roy Keane doubles down on Hojlund criticism as Ratcliffe despatched Man Utd demand

Roy Keane has advised Erik ten Hag that he doesn’t imagine Rasmus Hojlund must be beginning for Manchester United this season. The striker opened the scoring for the Red Devils towards Tottenham on Sunday, although his performances nonetheless lack the conviction that his £72m price ticket calls for.

United had been held to a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford by Spurs, regardless of taking the lead twice. Ten Hag’s facet opened the scoring after simply three minutes, with Hojlund ending his aim drought in superb type with a fierce strike into the roof of the online from shut vary. But Tottenham hit again within the nineteenth minute via Richarlison, with the Brazilian flicking his header into the far nook following a nook.

The Red Devils had been then pressured to climate the storm for the rest of the primary half, however they did head into the interval with the lead due to Marcus Rashford. The England worldwide tucked a neat strike via the legs of Micky van de Ven and into the again of the online following a swift United counter-attack.

Spurs then levelled the match only one minute after the restart, with Rodrigo Bentancur capping off an outstanding passing transfer with a wise strike into the highest nook from an angle. United may have taken loads of positives from the efficiency, although Keane remains to be not satisfied that Hojlund must be main the road for his former facet, having criticised the Denmark worldwide forward of kick off.

He advised Sky Sports: “He shouldn’t be starting, he should be in the back coming on for the odd cup game or something. What he needs is a world-class striker in front of him, learn from them, he’s come to the club coming off the back of an injury and they’ve thrown him straight into a side that’s low on confidence and belief.

“Do they have a choice? No, but he’s come into a team that’s not on the up and they’ve not really created much for him. He’s a young kid learning his trade, but you can’t keep waiting on him – he needs to take the one or two opportunities he’s getting in each match which he managed to do today.”