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Alan Shearer fears two Man Utd stars could leave after brutal Ruben Amorim decision
Amorim made a huge decision on Saturday (Picture: AMA/Getty Images) Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee will be questioning their futures at Manchester United under Ruben Amorim and could seek to leave Old Trafford, believes Alan Shearer. The January transfer window closed on Monday with United opting against making any additions to their forward line despite Marcus Rashford and Antony both leaving on loan. Hojlund and Zirkzee are the club’s only established options at centre forward with both men failing to score in 2025. Hojlund’s goal drought now stretches to 13 games with Zirkzee last hitting the back of the net in the 4-0 win over Everton on 1 December. Between them, they have notched just five goals all season. In a damning indictment of the situation up top, Amorim named midfielder Kobbie Mainoo as a false nine in Sunday’s defeat to Crystal Palace with both strikers left on the bench. Shearer believes the pair – who combined cost in excess of £100m – will have been left feeling ‘very flat’ after their weekend snub with the Newcastle legend convinced they will now have doubts ‘whether they want to be there’. ‘Ruben Amorim opted for Mainoo in the false nine position against Crystal Palace at the weekend and I imagine Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee will be feeling very flat,’ Shearer told Betfair. Hojlund’s performances have not impressed Amorim (Picture: AFP via Getty Images) ‘They’ll be thinking whether they actually belong or want to be at the football club when you’ve got the new manager playing a midfielder as a false nine ahead of centre-forwards. ‘Hojlund and Zirkzee will be feeling very flat and there’ll be a lot of thoughts going through their minds about whether they want to be there and whether Amorim actually rates them or wants them. Clearly, he doesn’t because he needs results, which he isn’t getting, and he’s not playing either forward. Zirkzee has not scored since December (Picture: Getty) ‘You never, ever get a free hit, but I think such are the deep-rooted problems at that football club that someone has had to come in and be given the time to rip it apart. ‘I know they signed a new full-back in January but we know it’s going to take more than one transfer window to get that club right and I think they’ll have a lot more pain before there’ll have any joy.’ Dorgu and Heaven were United’s only United recruits (Picture: Getty) United signed Patrick Dorgu from Lecce to offer a solution at left wing-back with Ayden Heaven also joining from Arsenal. United explored a number of possible additions in attack with Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel a top target. The Old Trafford club refused to meet Bayern’s demands over a loan fee which they deemed to be excessive. Tel instead joined Tottenham in a deal which includes an option to buy for £45m this summer.
Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee will be questioning their futures at Manchester United under Ruben Amorim and could seek to leave Old Trafford, believes Alan Shearer.
The January transfer window closed on Monday with United opting against making any additions to their forward line despite Marcus Rashford and Antony both leaving on loan.
Hojlund and Zirkzee are the club’s only established options at centre forward with both men failing to score in 2025.
Hojlund’s goal drought now stretches to 13 games with Zirkzee last hitting the back of the net in the 4-0 win over Everton on 1 December. Between them, they have notched just five goals all season.
In a damning indictment of the situation up top, Amorim named midfielder Kobbie Mainoo as a false nine in Sunday’s defeat to Crystal Palace with both strikers left on the bench.
Shearer believes the pair – who combined cost in excess of £100m – will have been left feeling ‘very flat’ after their weekend snub with the Newcastle legend convinced they will now have doubts ‘whether they want to be there’.
‘Ruben Amorim opted for Mainoo in the false nine position against Crystal Palace at the weekend and I imagine Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee will be feeling very flat,’ Shearer told Betfair.
‘They’ll be thinking whether they actually belong or want to be at the football club when you’ve got the new manager playing a midfielder as a false nine ahead of centre-forwards.
‘Hojlund and Zirkzee will be feeling very flat and there’ll be a lot of thoughts going through their minds about whether they want to be there and whether Amorim actually rates them or wants them. Clearly, he doesn’t because he needs results, which he isn’t getting, and he’s not playing either forward.
‘You never, ever get a free hit, but I think such are the deep-rooted problems at that football club that someone has had to come in and be given the time to rip it apart.
‘I know they signed a new full-back in January but we know it’s going to take more than one transfer window to get that club right and I think they’ll have a lot more pain before there’ll have any joy.’
United signed Patrick Dorgu from Lecce to offer a solution at left wing-back with Ayden Heaven also joining from Arsenal.
United explored a number of possible additions in attack with Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel a top target.
The Old Trafford club refused to meet Bayern’s demands over a loan fee which they deemed to be excessive. Tel instead joined Tottenham in a deal which includes an option to buy for £45m this summer.
