Rasmus Hojlund has £63m blueprint to turn his Manchester United career around

The goals are not flowing for Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund right now. It's been a tough spell for the player.

Monday night's 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace means he has now scored just once in his last nine appearances in all competitions. His only goal within this underwhelming run was plundered in the 4-2 win over Sheffield United at Old Trafford a fortnight ago.

That marked his eighth Premier League goal of the season and his 14th in all competitions. Five of those 14 goals were plundered in the Champions League prior to Christmas, at which point he was still in the hunt for his maiden league goal in United colours.

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But after ending that drought against Aston Villa on Boxing Day, Hojlund enjoyed a blistering run of form in front of goal, scoring in six consecutive Premier League games, featuring seven goals. However, he has struggled to rediscover that level of consistency since sustaining a muscle injury towards the end of February.

With just four games of United's season left, the 21-year-old, who was signed from Atalanta last summer, will be hoping to end the season as strongly as possible. His first season at the club has coincided with United experiencing one of their worst in their recent history, meaning it is hard to be overly critical of a young player adapting to life in a new country, and at a club where the expectation levels are much higher than at most others.

Hojlund, despite not being prolific or consistent, has offered nuggets of what he is capable of. He has demonstrated he can be the prolific poacher every club dreams of having,