Former England and Arsenal star Paul Merson reckons Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund will be a superstar.
The 21-year-old has become the second-youngest player in Premier League history to score in five consecutive games after he put United 1-0 up in their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday.
Merson wrote in his column for Sky Sports: “I like him. He’s a young kid, he’s 21 and playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
“If there was one thing you could bottle up in football, you ask anyone, it’s confidence.
“He’s got confidence now and football is all about confidence. He holds the ball up well and lays it off well to the wingers.
“You start to get into the game a lot more and the confidence rises. Those chances keep coming and you start to take them.
“In those first 10 games, when he was going without a goal, he was snatching at everything. And he’s got it.
“If that ball [for Hojlund’s opening goal] at Villa comes in at the start of the season, he would’ve hit it as hard as he could. But he places it under the goalkeeper.
“He’s a good player, I think he will be a superstar.”
Hojlund joined United in a £64million move in the 2023 Premier League summer transfer window.
