The 20-year-old signed with Manchester United in a £72 million transfer from Atalanta earlier this month, but a minor back problem was discovered during his test and will require close monitoring.
Hojlund was put on a specialized training regimen to help him recover from a’strеss reaction hotspot’ he suffered during preseason with his previous team.
United predicted two weeks ago that the ιnjury would keep the Danish international out for “a few weeks,” but it looks like they may finally be able to use Henning Hojlund again.
The Sun reports that the kid will be participating in multiple training sessions with the first-team group before Saturday’s game against Nottingham Forest.
Despite the fact that United is likely to proceed cautiously at first, he has showed no bad effects from the issue and is ready to be integrated with the group.
He might make his debut for the club if he is healthy enough to come off the bench at Old Trafford.
Hojlund was not included in Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Burnley in a friendly match played behind closed doors, while Anthony Martial did participate.
After two lackluster performances against Wolves and Tottenham to start the season, United desperately needs more firepower up top.
Ten Hag’s squad beаt Wolves in their season opener, but they needed a goal from center defender Raphael Varane — United’s lone scorer so far this year — to pull off the upset.
At the weekend’s match against Spurs, the offense was particularly wasteful. Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford both missed glaring opportunities in the first half, and Antony struck the post in the second.
Ten Hag said earlier this month, “We don’t rush,” so Hojlund won’t play again until he’s fully recovered. We need him to be at the correct level before we can fully incorporate him into our training and, ultimately, our games.
We don’t rush anything. The goal here should not be short-term success, but rather sustained success. We believe we have found the proper striker, but he will require some time to fully develop. It will take longer to incorporate new information because he is no longer available.
“I’m fairly calm and collected in this circumstance since we saw last Saturday that Rashy is really good as a striker. Also, Anthony Martial is free to play. In preseason, Jadon Sancho also performed admirably there. Like I said before, the team can handle it. There is a method to their madness.
