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.
Ian Rush at Liverpool. He actually asked to leave because he thought he wasn’t good enough, Paisley told him to be more selfish and stop thinking the other players were better than him and he ended up being Liverpools greatest ever goalscorer