{"id":298926,"date":"2023-11-11T22:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298926"},"modified":"2023-11-11T22:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:39:46","slug":"rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Cristiano Ronaldo was my idol growing up&#8217;: Rasmus Hojlund reveals he is taking inspiration from the former Man United star who he labels the &#8216;greatest goalscorer ever&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rasmus Hojlund revealed he&#8217;s &#8216;always tried to learn&#8217; from Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man United star is still searching for his first Premier League goal for the club\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;It&#8217;s Erik ten Games&#8217; \u2013 surely he has to beat Luton now &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund has revealed that he has been taking inspiration from former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund joined United this summer amidst much fanfare, joining from Atalanta for a \u00a372m fee and signing a five-year deal at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being just 20, Hojlund arrived at Old Trafford with the expectation that he would become of the club&#8217;s primary outlets in front of goal, with the side lacking in natural goalscorers since Ronaldo&#8217;s departure midway through last season.<\/p>\n<p>Born just six months before Sir Alex Ferguson would first bring Ronaldo to United after the then-teenager dazzled the Premier League champions in a pre-season friendly, Hojlund explained he has grown up idolising the five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cristiano has always been like my idol growing up,&#8217; Hojlund told TeamViewer Diaries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77678409-12737327-image-a-1_1699697692007.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund revealed that he has taken inspiration from Cristiano Ronaldo throughout his career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77678411-12737327-image-a-2_1699697697575.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hojlund added Ronaldo&#8217;s famed workrate is the attribute he most admires about the former Man United star<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I always thought he was the best football player in the world and I just tried to learn from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is the greatest goalscorer ever, probably as well. I&#8217;ve always looked at him back in the day where he was more of a dribbler and now he&#8217;s a proper, proper goalscorer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You know he had proper talent, but he worked hard to be the best ever and I like that about him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund added that he takes inspiration from Ronaldo&#8217;s famed work ethic, noting that he is working tirelessly to continue to develop as a forward during his first season at United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think there&#8217;s a lot of things I can improve, which is, of course, a good thing because then I think I can develop into being an even greater striker than I am now,&#8217; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hopefully I can just keep learning every day from the guys here, from the games and from the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77678431-12737327-image-a-3_1699697711070.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner&#8217;s second spell at Old Trafford ended acrimoniously last year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77678471-12737327-image-a-4_1699697783845.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s first-spell at the club began six months after Hojlund was born in 2003<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the modern game of football, we need to do the hard pressing as well from the front line. The game is evolving, and I learned that already in my youth years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I&#8217;ve always been used to the pressing part. And like you said, I think it&#8217;s one of the things I do well. The boss also wants me and the frontline to put in a shift, so yes it&#8217;s good.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund has enjoyed a flying start to his United career on the continent, with five goals across four appearances in the Champions League, including a first-half brace in the club&#8217;s defeat to Copenhagen on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Denmark international is still searching for his first Premier League goal.<\/p>\n<p>He looked to have opened his account as United played host to Brighton in September, but a subsequent VAR check ruled out the strike after the ball had gone out of play in the build-up.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12737327\/Rasmus-Hojlund-reveals-taking-inspiration-Cristiano-Ronaldo-calls-former-Man-United-star-greatest-goalscorer-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Cristiano Ronaldo was my idol growing up&#8217;: Rasmus Hojlund reveals he is taking inspiration from the former Man United star <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &amp;apos;greatest goalscorer ever&amp;apos; - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &amp;apos;greatest goalscorer ever&amp;apos; - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8216;Cristiano Ronaldo was my idol growing up&#8217;: Rasmus Hojlund reveals he is taking inspiration from the former Man United star &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rasmus-Hojlund-calls-Cristiano-Ronaldo-the-aposgreatest-goalscorer-everapos.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/\",\"name\":\"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos; - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos; - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos; - Sportstons","og_description":"&#8216;Cristiano Ronaldo was my idol growing up&#8217;: Rasmus Hojlund reveals he is taking inspiration from the former Man United star &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Rasmus-Hojlund-calls-Cristiano-Ronaldo-the-aposgreatest-goalscorer-everapos.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/","name":"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos; - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-11T22:39:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/rasmus-hojlund-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-the-greatest-goalscorer-ever\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rasmus Hojlund calls Cristiano Ronaldo the &apos;greatest goalscorer ever&apos;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}