2 weeks Ago By Robin Mumford
Manchester United fans can hardly believe Ruben Amorim is continuing to persist with Rasmus Hojlund as his primary centre-forward. Despite pocketing £85,000 a week , the Danish forward offered paltry evidence to suggest a return to form during United’s dismal 1-0 loss at home to Wolves on Sunday afternoon. The result marked the Red Devils' 15th league defeat of the campaign and allowed Wolves to complete a league double over United for the first time since the 1979/80 season - a damning indictment of the club's ongoing slide.
Amorim, who arrived in M16 last November to a chorus of skepticism, didn't mince his words early on, branding the squad as arguably the worst in United’s storied history . Now languishing in 14th place, and with more home defeats this season than in any previous Premier League campaign, the new manager’s bleak assessment is looking painfully accurate. Yet, as Easter weekend came and went, frustration simmered inside Old Trafford and across living rooms nationwide.
Many supporters can’t shake the feeling that Amorim has shot himself in the foot, particularly when it comes to his team selections. Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro all feature as we rank Manchester United's players into six categories. Man United Fans Raise Questions Over Hojlund Minutes Hojlund, who cost the Red Devils £72 million when they signed him from Atalanta in 2023, has scored just eight goals across 45 games this season.
But despite his 70-minute cameo on Sunday yielding just 13 touches, no key passes, and a single blocked shot, Amorim appears intent on playing the Dane into form. In yet another post-defeat dressdown, he told reporters: "The only way I know is to show the videos. He needs to score a goal.
He will not score if he is out." The remarks suggest that the Portuguese head coach is determined to keep playing Hojlund until he finally finds the net, hinting more at favouritism than sound man management. This has understandably drawn the ire of United supporters, with one X user saying: "He won't score if he's in, either.
" Meanwhile, another added: "Amorim persisting with Hojlund up top is akin to kicking someone when they are down. It's only making the situation worse. It's painful watching him play as you know he's better than what he is showing.
Trying to play him into form has been a disastrous failure." A third comment read: "It is damning for him that we look much better with Maguire and Mainoo up top. Even when Obi came on today, we automatically looked better," while another user offered a solution: "He could easily have been taken out of the firing line today and sent back to Denmark for a week or so to refresh his mind.
" Other comments of frustration suggest some sections of the Old Trafford faithful want Hojlund sold. "SELL" another user wrote, while someone else commented: "Every other player on the team is getting chances though. He’s not even getting shots off.
He needs to be sold.".
