{"id":27358,"date":"2024-02-23T18:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27358\/man-united-striker-hojlund-sidelined\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:07:07","slug":"man-united-striker-hojlund-sidelined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27358","title":{"rendered":"Man United striker H\u00f8jlund sidelined with muscle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man United striker H\u00f8jlund sidelined with muscle injury\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">February 23, 2024, 1:58 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United striker Rasmus H\u00f8jlund has been ruled out for three weeks with a muscle injury that is expected to keep him out of the derby against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f8jlund, who has scored in his last six matches, could miss up to five matches, starting with Fulham&#39;s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is also unlikely to be available for the match against City at the Etihad Stadium on March 3.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference on Friday, manager Erik ten Hag said: &#8220;It&#39;s a small injury, two to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#39;s what happened, it&#39;s the risk of playing at high intensity and training. It&#39;s not a big injury but he has to wait two or three weeks now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Rasmus H\u00f8jlund celebrates his first goal against Luton Town. <cite>Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>H\u00f8jlund&#39;s injury is another blow for Ten Hag who are already without Luke Shaw, Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tyrell Malacia and Mason Mount.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves United without a recognized striker and left-back as they attempt to get back into the race for Champions League <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ten Hag side are sixth in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Injuries] are a problem, but other clubs have this problem and we have to deal with it,\u201d Ten Hag said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we can handle it better, but it\u2019s a team depth issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United confirmed this <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> that Sir Jim Ratciffe had finalized his deal to become a minority shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old British billionaire said his ambition was to bring success back to Old Trafford and Ten Hag insisted those plans included keeping him as manager beyond the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk a lot,\u201d Ten Hag said.  \u201cThere are a lot of conversations with him, with Dave Brailsford, about this club, about this team, about the structures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very aligned. It is very consistent with the ambitions that I have, the ambitions that I had when I arrived. I am 19 months in and I see that we are going in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some setbacks in the second season, but you see the team coming in, the team developing, working hard on the training pitch, working hard in the games.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man United striker H\u00f8jlund sidelined with muscle injury\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentFebruary 23, 2024, 1:58 p.m. Manchester United striker Rasmus H\u00f8jlund has been ruled out for three weeks with a muscle injury that is expected to keep him out of the derby against Manchester City. 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