Gary Neville ‘nervous’ about Manchester United’s season with Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund
Manchester United legend Gary Neville has admitted he is ‘a little bit nervous’ about the upcoming season due to the arrival of two new players, Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund.
Onana has replaced long-term goalkeeper David de Gea at Manchester United, while Hojlund has been brought in as a striker from Atalanta. Neither have played in the Premier League before and Neville is concerned about how quickly they will settle in.
‘The reason I’m a little bit nervous about United’s season is that you’ve got these two unknowns at either end of the pitch that really have to hit it off for Manchester United to be better than last season,’ Neville said on Sky Bet’s The Overlap.
Andre Onana
Onana is set to make his competitive debut for the Red Devils on Monday night against Wolves in the Premier League, and Neville believes he is taking on the toughest position in English football.
‘I’ve said it before I think its the toughest position in Premier League football, Manchester United’s goalkeeper,’ he said. ‘You come under more scrutiny than any other player in English football if you’re United goalkeeper. I wish him all the best because he’s going to need that personality, that character because people will get onto him.’
Rasmus Hojlund
Hojlund may only be 20 years old, but looks likely to become Erik ten Hag’s first choice centre-forward due to a lack of options elsewhere. A statement from the club on Monday read: ‘It’s likely to be a few weeks before we see him with his boots on, due to a small issue he sustained in pre-season with his former club. Rasmus’s recovery is progressing well however, and we already know he’ll be itching to get out there as soon as possible.’
Neville believes both Onana and Hojlund are the two positions that will be put under the most scrutiny this season and they are the two that will really have to settle in quickly.
The former United defender concluded: ‘And I think the lad at the other end as well, Hojlund, centre-forward for Manchester United. I think they’re the two position that will get put under most scrutiny and they’re the two that are really going to have to settle in.