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Man Utd Treble hero Cole: Give Hojlund time to develop

Manchester United Treble winner Andrew Cole says he wants to see consistency from Rasmus Hojlund.

Cole says it's too soon to say the Dane is ready to lead United's attack long-term.

"I think the one against Luton was great improvisation," he to; manutd.com. "He got himself into a position with the way he adjusted his body and chested it. You've got to improvise and that's confidence. Maybe if he didn't have confidence, he wouldn't look to do that, he'd take it down. He's in a rich vein of form and it's a great positive to be in that form.

"Chicharito, for sure, I'd describe him as one [of the poachers]. Who else have we got? Ruud? One hundred per cent. One hundred per cent. One of the best. I'm not going to stand here and try to say he wasn't one of the best poachers about, definitely.

"Yes, Ole. I always say he was a student of the game. I've never known an individual to make such a big impact coming off the bench or being involved in a game, or whatever. He had the uncanny knack of getting in great positions and putting the ball in the back of the net.

"It's very early for Rasmus," Cole continued. "He's starting out on his Manchester United career. The names you mention, Ole, Ruud, are up there. Ruud was, like I said, one of the best. I had the opportunity to play with him and then he was leaving United to go on to play for Real Madrid and teams like that. He always had it in him, an individual in the box who really came alive in the box.

"I'm not going to put myself in that conversation, due to the fact that I'm not self-centred like that, but I had the opportunity to play with players like Ruud and Ole. Yorkie [Dwight Yorke] and players like that. All top players who all had the opportunity to play for Manchester United, and score goals for Manchester United. However, you look at it, to play for United, and score goals there, is not easy.

"People might make out it's easy to play for Manchester United but it's not. Everyone wants to beat you, we had no weekends off. When we were at the peak of our powers, there were no weekends off because everyone wanted to beat us. So to score a goal was a great measure of where you were when you played for Manchester United."

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