Man Utd bolstered their attack power just weeks before the start of the Premier League season by signing Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund.
It’s no coincidence that Rasmus Hojlund has been compared to Erling Haaland, given their similarities and the fact that the Danish striker has the ability to flourish like the Manchester City star.
Hojlund began his professional career with the Danish clubs Boldklubben af 1893 and Brondby.At the age of 17, he made his senior debut with Copenhagen in 2020.
Hojlund struggled to find the net in his first 19 outings in the Danish Superliga.It should be noted, however, that he only started two games for Copenhagen during this time.
The striker, born in 2003, left the club in January 2022, joining Sturm Graz for a sum of 1.7 million euros, marking a turning point in his career as he sought to optimize his scoring talent.In reality, in the second part of the 2021/22 season, Hojlund became the focal point of Sturm Graz’s offense, scoring 9 goals in 17 games.
Atalanta was impressed by the explosive display, and the Serie A club paid Sturm Graz 17 million euros before the 2022/23 season began.It was money well spent for the Italian team, as he evolved into one of the world’s top young strikers.
Last season, Hojlund scored nine goals in 32 Serie A games for Atalanta.He has also performed admirably for Denmark, netting six goals in three Euro 2024 qualifiers, including a hat-trick against Finland.
For his part, Haaland started his career at a young age at hometown club Bryne. He made a total of 16 appearances for Bryne before joining Molde on 1 February 2017.
Haaland had to go through a period of adjustment when he only scored 4 goals in 20 games in his first season. He took this record to new heights the following season, scoring 16 goals in 30 games in all competitions, ending the 2018/19 campaign as Molde’s top scorer.
Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg decided to buy Haaland, with the announcement on August 19, 2018 and the official move on January 1, 2019.
The Norwegian international is really a good scorer for the Austrian team, scoring a total of 29 goals, most of which came in the 2019/20 season.
Haaland, like Hojlund, joined a club in one of Europe’s top five divisions at the age of 19.On December 29, 2019, Borussia Dortmund confirmed the trade, and Haaland made his Bundesliga debut with a hat-trick in 23 minutes.
Haaland was unstoppable for Dortmund the following season, scoring 41 goals in 41 matches after scoring 16 goals in 18 games the previous season.This performance decreased slightly in Dortmund’s final season, with 29 goals in 30 games.
Before joining Manchester City in 2022, Haaland scored 86 goals in 89 games for Dortmund.