Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag believes Rasmus Hojlund has settled in well and believes the 20-year-old attacker has a bright future at the club.

During his news conference on Tuesday evening, Ten Hag was asked about the Denmark international, ahead of United’s UEFA Champions League match against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday.

Rasmus has three goals in three games since joining the club in the summer, all in European play, and will no doubt be aiming to add to that total against the club where he began his career.

Erik described working with players as “lovely” as Hojlund.

“I think he [has integrated] very well,” said the boss. “He has scored already three goals in the Champions League, which is very good for an integration period.

I think as a team we can be better in possession so we can create more and better chances and that will also give our offensive players more opportunities to score goals. What we have to work on is a stable starting XI or at least 12 or 13 players and then the routines will be better and we will create better chances.

But as I said, social-wise, I think he has integrated very good in the team and in the club. From a football perspective, he has already scored three goals in the Champions League which is a very good performance and from hereon he has to take it on and improve.

That is the character of Rasmus. He wants to improve every day so it is lovely to work with him, with such characters.”

While Hojlund has scored in the Champions League, the former Atalanta forward has yet to score in the Premier League. Ten Hag, on the other hand, believes that based on what he has seen of the striker on the field and in training, it is just a matter of time before he starts scoring routinely for the Reds.

“He understands but of course, we speak with him about this because he is still a young player,” Erik added.

“He is smart. He understands the situation he is in and he is aware of it and he wants to score goals. When he is not, he is so keen to score in the next game.

He is working very hard in training to get his progress in.”