Robert Lewandowski tells Manchester United fans and Ruben Amorim to be patient with under-fire summer signing

Robert Lewandowski has encouraged Manchester United supporters to beryllium diligent with Joshua Zirkzee portion the ‘amazing’ guardant adapts to beingness successful the Premier League.

Zirkzee arrived astatine Old Trafford with weighty expectations connected his shoulders connected the backmost of a £36.5million determination from Serie A outfit Bologna successful the summer transportation window.

After a imagination debut against Fulham, though, the goals person dried up for Zirkzee, with the 23-year-old failing to deed the people successful immoderate of his 16 appearances successful United colours.

It has been a akin communicative connected the planetary stage, with Zirkzee near retired of Ronald Koeman’s starting XI for the Netherlands’ caller Nations League matches against Germany and Hungary.

And portion Zirkzee was fixed the motion versus Bosnia and Herzegovina connected Tuesday night, the guardant once again flattered to deceive and was substituted by Koeman portion the Dutch searched successful vain for a winner.

However, having witnessed Zirkzee’s talents first-hand astatine Bayern Munich, seasoned Barcelona striker Lewandowski has nary doubts that his erstwhile team-mate volition travel bully nether Ruben Amorim successful English football.

‘He plays astonishing with his backmost to goal, helium tin clasp the ball, helium tin play with 1 oregon 2 touches and bring the wingers down his back. He has besides bully finishing successful the box,’ Lewandowksi said of Zirkzee connected Rio Ferdinand Presents.

‘He’s young but he’s large and I deliberation helium tin support the ball, clasp the shot very, precise strong.

‘Of course, helium needs a small spot of time. It’s mean if you articulation this benignant of club, a large club, with immense expectations.

‘He’s scored already a batch of goals successful Serie A so, for him, that was similar the archetypal play wherever helium was progressive arsenic a emblematic striker.’

According to Lewandowski, Zirkzee is an unselfish player, susceptible of some scoring goals and creating opportunities for his team-mates with his hold-up play.

‘Now the clip for Manchester United is not truthful brilliant,’ the iconic Poland planetary added.

‘It’s a large squad and, of course, I wonderment that they are coming backmost connected the close track, but he’s the striker that tin truly assistance team-mates and the squad if you cognize however to usage him.

‘He tin people the goals but besides helium is not a emblematic goalscoring striker… he’s besides a subordinate who tin assistance the team-mates, to make the abstraction for them.’

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