Man Utd stars Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee 'brought up' in private Ruben Amorim talks

Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee were some discussed during Ruben Amorim's talks with Manchester United amid hopes helium tin get the champion retired of the young strikers

There are hopes astatine Manchester United that Ruben Amorim tin respire caller beingness into the careers of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.

Both players are yet to realise their imaginable astatine Old Trafford pursuing big-money moves. Hojlund arrived from Atalanta successful the summertime of 2023 and contempt being United’s starring striker, helium has struggled for consistency, arsenic 18 goals successful 53 appearances suggests.

After an injury-delayed commencement to the season, the 21-year-old has conscionable 2 goals to his sanction and hasn’t recovered the nett since mid-October. There are besides question marks implicit Zirkzee, a summertime signing from Bologna.

The 23-year-old made a imagination start, scoring successful the opening-weekend triumph implicit Fulham, but hasn’t netted since - and determination person been reports that Erik 10 Hag was unhappy that the striker was signed successful the archetypal place. While Amorim - the Dutchman's confirmed replacement successful the dugout - volition privation to bring successful players during the adjacent mates of transportation windows, helium indispensable besides get the champion retired of what helium has.

The Portuguese manager has shown astatine Sporting however helium tin amended players, with this week’s hat-trick leader against Manchester City, Victor Gyokeres, being a premier example.

The Swede, 26, has proven to beryllium a precocious bloomer and was inactive playing successful the Championship with Coventry City conscionable 18 months ago, having been overlooked by bigger clubs successful the aboriginal portion of his career. Gyokeres has plundered a stunning 66 goals successful 67 matches since joining Sporting for conscionable £20m successful 2023, making him arguably the hottest striker successful Europe.

That hasn’t gone unnoticed by the United hierarchy. According to the Independent, discussions person already been held astatine Old Trafford implicit however Amorim could person a akin effect connected Hojlund and Zirkzee, with the brace adjacent coming up successful negotiations with the incoming caller boss.

Meanwhile, Ruud van Nistelrooy is preparing to pb the squad for the last clip earlier Amorim formally starts enactment connected Monday. The Dutchman has guided the broadside connected an interim ground since Ten Hag’s sacking.

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With Amorim acceptable to beryllium followed to Manchester by his Sporting coaching staff, it is unclear whether Van Nistelrooy has a semipermanent aboriginal astatine the nine helium rejoined arsenic a manager successful the summer.

Speaking up of Sunday’s crippled against Leicester, the erstwhile striker, 48, said: “First of all, it was a peculiar play – it is still, of course.

“I called it an important play due to the fact that I deliberation it was important to get done the 4 games arsenic bully arsenic we could. I deliberation we’ve done precise good truthful far. The players person reacted precise good successful the games.

“Obviously the absorption present is to physique connected that and amusement that connected Sunday with a large crippled up and a monolithic 3 points that are determination to win. I don’t cognize if it volition beryllium precise emotional. I instrumentality it precise pragmatic arsenic well, though I americium arrogant to beryllium capable to fulfil this.

“We’ll spot however I consciousness connected Sunday and different than that, there’s not overmuch much quality than yesterday evening.”

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