Just watched Match of the Day, and have seen the travails of Hojlund. On twitter there were the usual “he just needs one to go in and he’ll be away” sort of posts.
But it got me thinking, what examples are there of players that struggled at first, but went on to be really important and effective strikers? Obviously, youth team players that came through the ranks don’t count. Really just big signings at big clubs.
Dom Solanke only scored once in a whole season for Liverpool and I think it was the last game of the season. Didn’t score a single goal in his first season with Bournemouth then 3 goals in 32 league games the 2nd season
Then he drops to the Championship and scores 29 goals in their promotion season