MUFC Wingers Are Starving Hojlund – Rio Ferdinand

Manchester United are not playing to Rasmus Hojlund’s strengths, Rio Ferdinand has said. He recently warned the club about the situation that left Cristiano Ronaldo almost in tears, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the fact is that the wide players have not been good enough this season, and this has affected the service Hojlund has been getting since he became a regular player at the club.

Ferdinand added that same situation once happened with Ronaldo when he complained about Ruud van Nistelrooy not crossing to him enough from the wings.

His words, “Ruud van Nistelrooy more or less had Cristiano Ronaldo in tears almost one day, saying, ‘How can I make my runs when you don’t cross the ball?’ That’s how Hojlund must feel right now with the wide players he’s playing with.”

“The difference was Ruud was the main guy in our team, the main goal-getter, he had the experience, the gravitas, he could pull up young guys and say, ‘Oi put the ball in the box’ – and he said a lot more than that by the way. Hojlund ain’t that guy yet, he’s getting his feet under the table unless he’s that guy who can pull people up…because he needs to.”

“His best attributes are not being seen because the team aren’t playing to his strengths,”

“He [Ten Hag] said in his press conferences we want to play a bit more direct with players like Hojlund and Rashford who can play on the counter. Too many times they get wide and the quality is nowhere near good enough. Antony doesn’t want to cross it, his first instinct is to see what he can do for himself. Marcus is more of a striker who wants to get on the end of things and see if he can finish.”

“When he’s making his movements the ball is being delayed and isn’t coming into the areas. He made one fantastic run in the first half and he was screaming for the ball and it ended up being a bad cross from Garnacho. The sooner they get the ball in the box for this guy, he makes good enough runs. Play to his strengths. He’s not old enough to grab a few people and say get the ball into me guys. He’s not go that and I wouldn’t expect that yet. Ruud van Nistelrooy, you didn’t cross the ball for him and I see players resorted to tears because of his demands.”