Manchester United won’t rush Højlund debut, Ten Hag says

Rasmus Højlund won’t be rushed into motion by Manchester United, based on supervisor Erik ten Hag.

The striker will miss Wolves’ go to to Old Trafford on Monday due to a again harm suffered earlier than his transfer from Atalanta. United have not revealed a date for Højlund’s debut and Ten Hag stated the 20-year-old won’t play earlier than he’s prepared.

“We are not in a rush,” Ten Hag stated. “We know without him we have also a strong team and the position is covered so we don’t rush in this. It is about that he is in the right level, the first fitness level and then we have to integrate him, training and bring him in for the games so we take our time.

“It just isn’t about profitable on this second, it’s about profitable in the long run.”

Until Højlund is ready, Marcus Rashford is expected to play as the central striker in Ten Hag’s system. Jadon Sancho featured as the No.9 during preseason and Anthony Martial is fit again after recovering from a hamstring injury, which ruled him out of all the summer fixtures.

“I’m fairly calm and composed on this scenario as a result of Rashy is superb as a striker, we now have seen him as a striker,” Ten Hag said. “Anthony Martial is obtainable as effectively after which we now have Jadon Sancho, who did very effectively in preseason so we constructed a squad and might cope with this.

“That is the way, we do not do things overnight. There is a strategy behind it.”