Exclusive: 'Lightning quick' Rasmus Hojlund has 'perfect profile' to score goals for Manchester United - Owen Hargreaves

Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves believes that Rasmus Hojlund has the technical and physical attributes to succeed in the Premier League.

The 20-year-old Danish international has agreed a move to Old Trafford after the Premier League giants sealed a £72 million deal to bring him in from Atalanta to play under Erik ten Hag.

Standing at 6’3”, and given his Scandinavian background, he has drawn comparisons with Erling Haaland at Manchester City.

While Haaland had a better goalscoring record at Borussia Dortmund before his move compared to Hojlund’s in Italy, Hargreaves told TNT Sport that he believed he could succeed going by his past performances.

The former England international said: “He’s a hell of a player, only young but his profile is big. Strong, he’s quick, lightning quick. There’s a clip on YouTube, he was playing against Lazio, I think it was their own corner , on a counterattack and he sprinted by the whole team. You know when you’re a kid, when you’re the fastest of the under-12s. It literally looked like that, but he’s a good finisher so I’m excited for him because he’s got the perfect physical profile.

“So’s Marcus Rashford, Jaden [Sancho], Antony and Bruno Fernandes,[Christian] Eriksen and Casemiro. Goalscoring is Manchester United’s biggest issue and I think he can address that.

“He’s always going to have to fight that stereotype because of his physical profile, the Scandinavian thing and he’s a hell of a goalscorer. I think they’re going to be put together, but what Erling Haaland’s doing is going to be hard to replicate for anyone. Twenty-five goals and he will have had a fantastic debut season.”

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