Rasmus Hojlund is enjoying a good run of form (Photo: Getty)
Rasmus Hojlund says that Cristiano Ronaldo has ‘always been my idol’, naming the football legend in his dream Manchester United five-a-side team.
It makes sense that Hojlund would idolise the forward, having grown up a United supporter during Ronaldo’s first spell at Old Trafford.
That period concluded with the club winning three consecutive Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League, with the Portugal international establishing himself as one of, if not the best player in the world.
Asked about which Red Devils players he looked up to when he was young, Hojlund told The United Stand: ‘It has to be Cristiano.
‘[Wayne] Rooney and [Carlos] Tevez as well, but Cristiano was probably the guy.
‘I remember supporting him and following him at United, then watching him at the period when he was at Real Madrid and Juventus, then back again as well. He’s always been my idol.’
Ronaldo scored 145 goals in 346 appearances for United, form that Hojlund would love to match as the young striker begins to find his feet at the club following his £72million transfer last summer.
Cristiano Ronaldo left Man Utd for the second time just months before Hojlund joined the club (Photo: Getty)
It took until Boxing Day for the Denmark star to score his first league goal for United, but since then he’s found the back of the net in every game he’s played bar one, bringing his tally for the season to 10.
The 21-year-old was later asked to name his dream five-a-side team of United players, excluding those currently at the club, and his picks won’t be much of a surprise to anyone.
‘I need to put Peter [Schmeichel] in goal. Peter because… Peter is Peter, he’s Danish. Peter won everything here and is a legend but he’s also a legend in Denmark because he won the Euros, so he has to be there.
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‘I need to put Rio [Ferdinand] in there because he’s very memorable to me. I would love to put [Nemanja] Vidic there but I can only have one defender.
‘I want to put Ryan Giggs in there, Paul Scholes and Cristiano. You still get a balanced midfield and then you can just leave him [Ronaldo] up front.’
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