Ruben Amorim has opened up on why he has decided to drop Rasmus Hojlund to the bench ahead of Manchester United’s clash against Arsenal.
Hojlund hasn’t enjoyed the run of the green since Amorim’s Old Trafford arrival in November and is without a Premier League goal since mid-December, where he bagged in a 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest.
The £72million man has thus accrued his fair share of critics, with some branding him as one of the least value-for-money signings in recent memory.
With just two leagues strikes to his name this term, Amorim has made the decision to drop the Dane amid his 19-game goal drought.
However, the Portuguese boss has insisted that form is not the reason behind his benching.
‘No, it’s freshness,’ he said. ‘I think he was really fatigued at the end of the game. And we tried different things.
‘We know that the opposition, the two centre-backs, what they want, what they like. And we tried to do different things to surprise the opponent.’
