Manchester United have confirmed that Rasmus Hojlund will miss the upcoming game against Fulham due to a muscular injury which will keep him on the sidelines for the next two to three weeks.
In a statement, United said: “Rasmus Hojlund will miss Manchester United’s Premier League game against Fulham on Saturday due to a muscle injury, which is expected to keep him out for 2-3 weeks.”
Erik Ten Hag added: “It’s a small injury. Two, three weeks. It happened and that is the risk of playing high intensity and training. It is not a big injury but he has to wait one, two or three weeks.”It is the second injury blow in a week for United, Luke Shaw also out for a few months plus several other players missing.
When asked about their injury problems on Friday, Ten Hag said: “Of course, that is an issue and other clubs have this, but we have to to deal with it. I have the feeling we will deal with it better than in the autumn. It is an issue but the depth of the squad has to be proved.
“Other players will get opportunities to show their qualities,” he added. “We have the confidence they can and that’s why we constructed this squad when we went into the January window, we saw that players are progressing and developing who didn’t have the chance in the first half of the season, or were injured. Now they get opportunities.”
Ramus Hojlund, 21 year old Danish striker has been unplayable for Manchester United in recent time, netting seven goals in six consecutive premier league matches, becoming the youngest player ever to achieve such feat in the league.
Manchester United are currently sixth in the premier league and two points behind fourth place Tottenham Hotspur.
