Erik ten Hag insists he is happy with Rasmus Hojlund's output for Manchester United this season and suggests it is down to other players to help ease the burden in attack.

Hojlund has netted 14 goals in 40 appearances during his debut campaign after he signed for a total fee of PS72 million from Atalanta last summer, but has only scored one goal in his last ten outings.

The Danish forward has cut a frustrated figure in recent matches and has struggled for confidence in front of goal since he suffered a muscle injury back in February.

"When we decided to go for him we talked about earlier we buy a player for this season and for the future. He has to develop, he has to progress, he needs time, sometimes it goes up and down, before winter he struggled to get his first Premier League goal but he is a very strong character. he is very eager for every match so it can be every match to return his form I am more confident, he's close."

When asked if he had expected Anthony Martial to help ease the burden on Hojlund, he added: "So last season, we had the goalscorer with 30, so we add one extra striker to the squad and on financial resources more was not possible, so we were quite confident when you are third, in two finals, win one final, when you add one striker the transfer policy is right."