Rasmus Hojlund will NOT develop into a great Premier League striker like Erling Haaland or Sergio Aguero, but Man United forward could ‘become an Ollie Watkins’, claims Gary Neville

Gary Neville believes Rasmus Hojlund will not become one of the Premier League’s greatest strikers at Manchester United and claimed the Dane would benefit from becoming the club’s second striker after struggling for goals .

The United striker had a purple spell at the turn of the year, scoring seven goals in six Premier League games, but has only found the back of the net once since.

Hojlund moved to Old Trafford last summer in a £72million transfer from Italian side Atalanta, but struggled to find consistency during his debut year in the Premier League, with United rarely looking a threat in front of goal .

Rival fans have been keen to highlight Hojlund’s poor goalscoring, with United manager Erik ten Hag also recently revealing that Harry Kane was his first choice before the England captain joined Bayern Munich.

The 21-year-old has learned at United and is the club’s oldest striker despite not yet completing a full season in the English top flight. Former club icon Neville does not believe he will reach the top. performances by Erling Haaland and Sergio Aguero.

Hojlund struggled again on Sunday in Manchester United’s home defeat against Arsenal

Neville doesn’t believe Hojlund will match the level of Man City superstar Erling Haaland (pictured)

Neville told Sky Sports: “I think this is a kid we have to persevere with. I’ve watched Ollie Watkins before. He’s not going to be Haaland or Aguero, one of the great strikers in the history of the Premier League, I don’t think.

“But he could be an Ollie Watkins. If you look at someone like that, I think I can score 20 goals.

‘I wish he was the second striker this season. I wish he would learn, I did the interview with Eric ten Hag last week. He mentioned Harry Kane. If he learned from Kane now or played with Kane, I think you would see a completely different player.

“Second, he is 21 years old. He’s been a bit shabby in his first season in the Premier League, and he reminds me a bit of Darwin Nunez. He reminds me a bit of Nicholas Jackson.

‘If you look at them, they are projects. Manchester United is their only striker at the moment. Manchester United is the club’s only striker. Forget Anthony Martial. He hasn’t been there in years.

“If you look at Nunez and Hojlund, what’s really interesting to me is that store conversion is up 22%, so when he actually gets opportunities, he’s actually better than Jackson and Nunez.

‘Now you might say: OK, but I think that’s really something to work with. According to the expected goals at the bottom, he is only expected to score 7.4 goals.

“The serve in delivery with him is bad, look at Nunez and Jackson, Jackson, they are at 16.3 and 17, double,” he said.

Hojlund moved to Old Trafford last summer in a £72m transfer from Italian side Atalanta but struggled to find consistency

The 21-year-old has scored just once in the Premier League since February 18

United legend Neville believes Hojlund should learn from another, more experienced striker

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher took revenge on Neville’s comments by questioning whether United can be happy that Hojlund is not one of the best players in the Premier League, stating: ‘Is that good enough?

‘Is that good enough for Manchester United? I mean, I feel a little sorry for Holland, but I look at it and think, what’s his trick? What is he doing?

“I know he’s young, and I actually think he might have been brought in a few years too early,” Carragher said.

Neville also blamed Hojlund’s lack of chances in front of goal on wide players such as Marcus Rashford (left) and Alejandro Garnacho (right).

Neville explained that Hojlund is more likely to become a reliable goalscorer like Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins than match the level of the Premier League greats.

Hojlund started his eighth successive Premier League game since returning from injury in Sunday’s 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal and also struggled to impose himself while being contained by William Saliba and Gabriel.

There is frustration among United supporters that Hojlund is not being served by wide players such as Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho, with Neville offloading most of the striker’s problems in front of goal onto them.

“This is honestly the hardest introduction. To turn a young striker into a struggling team, a changing team. We talk a lot in Manchester about the change in defense, but there are also a lot of changes in attack.

“This is a kid who doesn’t know when the ball will drop in the penalty area. He is not served. He doesn’t get the delivery in the box when he wants it. The inconsistency of the players around him affects him,” he added.