Ruud Gullit Accuses Manchester United’s Players Of Being Selfish Towards Rasmus Hojlund

Rasmus Hojlund is yet to score in the Premier League, and Ruud Gullit has claimed that the Manchester United players are ignoring him. The Red Devils defeated Sheffield United 2-1 in Saturday with two goals from Scott McTominay and Diogo Dalot, but Hojlund was once again blanked.

Hojlund has scored three goals in the Champions League, but he has now gone six league games without a goal. Gullit thinks that rather than exerting every effort to put Hojlund on the scoresheet, United’s forwards and midfielders are attempting to score goals for themselves.

The former Dutch international feels United’s players should use Hojlund in the same way that he did when he was playing—that is, pass to Marco van Basten instead of trying to score himself.

Gullit said: “I still think you have to get your striker on the scoresheet. Because if he gets on the scoresheet he gets confidence, then also the rest are looking for him all the time. They don’t look for him as much. And he’s in areas where you can have a look at him. You see too many players too eager to score themselves, they’re coming inside, they want to hit the target all the time.”

“I played with [Marco] Van Basten, I always thought if I give it to him it’s a goal, if I hit it then it could be a goal but i’d rather give it to Hojlund because it’s a definite goal. You know strikers, they’re selfish, they want to score goals. If he’s happy in the team that makes a huge difference for the rest.”

In the Champions League, United would take on FC Copenhagen this Wednesday. The following weekend, they go against Manchester City.