Manchester United have been boosted by the return to fitness of Rasmus Hojlund in the build-up to their Premier League match against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening Video Loading Video UnavailableClick to playTap to playThe video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play nowMan Utd boss Erik ten Hag keeping his feet on the ground despite Barnsley rout Alejandro Garnacho summed up the feelings of all Manchester United fans after Rasmus Hojlund returned to training.

Hojlund is yet to feature this season due to a hamstring injury picked up in pre-season, leaving Joshua Zirkzee to lead the line following his move from Bologna.

But the Denmark international was back in training on Thursday, sparking hopes he could feature in the Premier League game against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

While United have shown signs of clicking in the final third in the convincing wins over Southampton and Barnsley in the past week, they have missed Hojlund's presence up front.

Before the 3-0 win over Saints, they'd managed just two goals in four Premier League matches and will be pleased to welcome back Hojlund, who netted 16 goals in all competitions last season.

United winger Garnacho replied: "finally" with four crying emojis.

Mount, who has also shaken off a hamstring problem, added: "Caption king", while Harry Maguire joked: "You don't look happy in the second photo.

"Hojlund has been frustrated to miss out on the start of the season for the second successive year after picking up his hamstring problem in a pre-season friendly against Arsenal.

The 21-year-old arrived at United with a back issue last summer and is desperate to hit the ground running this time around.

Rasmus Hojlund is back in Manchester United training ( Image:"You have to be careful," said Ten Hag.

"In top football, you always go to boundaries.

When you have a full squad available, then it's easier to manage the load.

When you are in circumstances like last season and there's a need to play, we had to overload them.

We hope we can integrate them in a very careful way.

"United face Palace in Saturday's 5.

30pm kick-off in good spirits following their 7-0 thrashing of League One side Barnsley in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.

Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Christian Eriksen all bagged braces in that game and will be hoping to continue that form in the league, with United floundering in 10th place after two wins and two losses.

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