He was a regular starter those 18 months, he’d only played about 10 fewer games when joining Real than Højlund had when joining Man Utd. €12million was a decent chunk of change too - he wasn’t a “youngster” he was signed for the first team and almost immediately started playing for them, replacing original Ronaldo
Højlund is already scoring at 1 in 3. Not world beater rate but not sure it counts as a struggle.
Gonzalo Higuain only scored 11 in his first 2 seasons at Real, but of course there’s a significant mitigating factor wearing the number 7 shirt scoring all the goals for them.
Sergio Agüero meanwhile only scored 7 goals in all competitions in his first season at Atlético before exploding the next year and not relenting until he left Citt
Yes
But we only have one top class CB, our best DM and part of our ideal midfield (Phillips, Rice, Bellingham) never plays for his club and we have no depth in any central positions - just plenty of full backs and wide forwards.