Club confounded by myriad modern issues, the latest being Mason Greenwood and United’s hierarchy’s approach to his ‘situation’
He is 20 – and the initial €75 million United paid Atalanta for the Dane may reflect their free-spending as much as his talent – but Hojlund is not Wout Weghorst, nor Anthony Martial and United supporters are grateful for that alone. Hojlund should also be able to take some attention off Marcus Rashford – the Dane says he has done 100m in under 11 seconds, so opposition defenders will watch him go. Compatriot Christian Eriksen will help him assimilate and find him with passes.
They have not had a good week, the people who make decisions in the name of Manchester United. Greenwood, not Hojlund, is the United forward everyone has been discussing and not many have been persuaded by the hierarchy’s motivation, process or conclusions. There is a difference between nodding and action, however. Fans – not just at United – generally want to be that, they do not want to be organising marches or protests against anyone. So while an undetermined number will stay in the ground post-Forest to show their ongoing displeasure, the majority would be satisfied, at least for one Saturday afternoon, by a sharp display of attacking football. They go to Old Trafford to be excited by the team in red, not to participate in the class struggle.
And each week Old Trafford gets older. It is still “gold Trafford” on matchday, when the queues at the megastore snake out the door and across the concourse – against Wolves on the opening night of the season, the queue almost reached the protesters – but as Real Madrid and Barcelona and Liverpool redevelop their homes, United fans look around Old Trafford sentimentally while wondering if it is fit for purpose. Theatre of Dreams doesn’t quite cover it any more.
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