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.

  • alexovicc@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gonzalo Higuain only scored 11 in his first 2 seasons at Real, but of course there’s a significant mitigating factor wearing the number 7 shirt scoring all the goals for them.

    Tbf Higuain was more of a winger or shadow striker than an actual one at the time. He was also 20.

    Also iirc Van Nisterloy was scoring more than Raul at the time.

      • alexovicc@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah obviously, it was just my answer to

        but of course there’s a significant mitigating factor wearing the number 7 shirt scoring all the goals for them

        But the guy clarified that he got confused and thought Ronaldo was playing then, while I thought he meant Raul was scoring all the goals, which wasn’t the case.