MANCHESTER UNITED ace Rasmus Hojlund was dubbed “rubbish” and “poor” by ex-England goalkeeper Ben Foster after breaking a team-mate’s tooth during training.
The incident took place last summer before Euro 2024 when Hojlund, 21, linked up with Denmark to prepare for the tournament in Germany.
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The Danish national team organised an “optional” set-piece training that would see them working on corner-kicks with Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, 24, between the sticks.
A cross was whipped in from the corner and Hermansen was set to pick the ball up in the air.
However, Hojlund got a little overzealous as he went for the ball with full force and accidentally elbowed the keeper in the mouth.
That led to the Leicester ace losing a tooth just before the European championship.
Hermansen discussed the incident in Foster’s Fozcast podcast: “You know as a goalkeeper sometimes when you have set-piece practice. It’s like, ‘Are we going 100 per cent? Are we just a bit easy?’
“So we were with the national team just before the Euros, it was optional training, you could come in and train if you want.
“So let’s do some corners. I go: ‘Keepers!’ And he just comes in with everything, elbow straight to my tooth.”
Foster, 41, was not at all impressed with Hojlund after hearing the story and didn’t hold back on his assessment as he insisted the striker should have “taken it easy” considering it was just a training session.
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The ex-United goalkeeper responded: “Cheers Rasmus, appreciate that. That’s rubbish that. I’m not having that, it’s poor.
“When you’re doing it in a bit of practice set-piece thing, you’ve got to take it easy. You can’t go full blooded like that.”
However, Hermansen defended Hojlund and insisted he is a real “professional”.
The Danish shot stopper replied: “He is that kind of guy and I love that about him.
“He’s giving everything, always. He’s just got an exceptional way of being a professional.”