Just watched Match of the Day, and have seen the travails of Hojlund. On twitter there were the usual “he just needs one to go in and he’ll be away” sort of posts.
But it got me thinking, what examples are there of players that struggled at first, but went on to be really important and effective strikers? Obviously, youth team players that came through the ranks don’t count. Really just big signings at big clubs.
In Drogba‘s first season we all thought Marseille had conned us. They hadn’t.
Yeah, I remember he got booed a few times by Chelsea fans for diving too much.
But in fair Drogba had some seasons with awful goal tally. He was more like the big game merchant which shows in his Champions League record.