Hojlund confirms startling sprint story

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini revealed in February that tests at the Serie A club had shown the striker was capable of startling sprinting numbers.

"He is so quick, he’s under 11 seconds over 100 metres and that’s not even trying very hard," said Gasperini. "Considering his height, he has a low centre of gravity. I am convinced he’ll have a great career, he just gets stronger every day."

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When we asked the Denmark international whether the stats were correct, he replied: "Yeah, definitely. I don't know if it's like you stand with a watch every day on the side but when we came inside after the training, they said I had quite a high top speed."

Hojlund's pace will inevitably spark debate over whether he is the quickest player at the club, something Marcus Rashford lays claim to at the moment.

"Yeah, I'm ready," Rasmus declared, when asked if he was up to any challenge Marcus offers. "Hopefully we can link up instead of competing but, yeah, when you compete on the training pitch you're also going to be better together on the pitch."

Rashford clocked the fastest time for United on the pitch in 2022/23, registering almost 36 km/h.

Diogo Dalot was in second spot, with Brazil winger Antony third.

For context, running 100 metres in 11 seconds flat is the equivalent of over 32 km/h but this distance is much farther than the ones being measured in-game by the Premier League to discover the sprint data they publish.

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