Rasmus Hojlund is becoming a £72m weight around Man Utd's neck: Striker's Premier League drought surpasses Wout Weghorst's woes - but why can't he score?

 Manchester United knew that they were buying into potential rather than proven quality when they signed Rasmus Hojlund in the summer, but even so, they would have expected their £72-million ($90m) striker to have scored at least a few Premier League goals four months after his arrival.

Yet after 14 appearances, the Danish hitman is still waiting to score his first Premier League goal in the famous red shirt. And after drawing another blank in a pathetic display against West Ham, he now has an even worse record for United in the English top-flight than Wout Weghorst, who became a figure of ridicule during his lacklustre loan spell with the club last season.

Hojlund has had a paradoxical start to life with United since his big-money move from Atalanta. He had been on fire in the Champions League, notching five goals in his opening four games to make him top scorer alongside Erling Haaland and Alvaro Morata.