DWIGHT YORKE has claimed Rasmus Hojlund is "nowhere near the level" of Manchester United's greatest strikers.
The former Red Devils hero has also rated the Danes debut season out of 10.
Hojlund joined United from Atalanta last summer in a deal worth £72million.
However, Yorke has revealed he had not heard of the 21-year-old before his arrival.
He told the Daily Mail: "The fear of playing against Rooney, Van Nistelrooy, Yorke, Cole, Mark Hughes [is gone]. And now you've got Rasmus. It's nowhere near the level.
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"As a defender, you're like: ‘This is going to be a stroll in the park coming to Old Trafford.’ That's never been the case.
"We used to be a nightmare to defend against with Rooney and Ronaldo, the attackers we had.
"He's relatively unknown. He comes into the Premier League and I'd never heard of him, didn't know where he came from before."
Ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final, Hojlund has scored 16 goals and provided two assists in 42 appearances for United.
He is currently the club's top scorer this term and ended the Premier League campaign with 10 strikes in 30 matches.
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However, he had to wait until Boxing Day to open his account and Yorke has not held back in his assessment of the young forward.
The 52-year-old added: "At 21 he's coming into a team that's really struggling and not playing good football, so I feel for him in that sense.
"In terms of his overall play, his impact in the game, being a defenders' nightmare, it's very difficult for a kid.
"I'd give his season a 5 out of 10 - and that's me being generous.
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"He had a bit of luck to score the goals he managed to score, and that's fantastic, I'm happy for him.
"I'm very undecided. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. I will see if there's any progress next season.
"This is a top club. This is no Mickey Mouse club. This is a proper football club. Right now from what I've seen, he's not where a Man United number nine should be."
Yorke claimed the Premier League golden boot and finished as the Champions League's top scorer as United won the treble during his debut season at Old Trafford.
Across four years with the club, he scored 66 goals in 152 appearances.
Although Hojlund's goal tally this season does not compare to Yorke's first year with the Red Devils, he stacks up well against other current Premier League forwards.
His 10 league goals came from just 38 shots at a conversion rate of 26.3 per cent.
As a result, he ranks sixth out of 133 players who attempted 30 plus shots during the season.
Hojlund ended the campaign with a better conversion rate than Erling Haaland, Ollie Watkins, Nicolas Jackson and Darwin Nunez.
Meanwhile, he ranks narrowly behind Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.
The Denmark international still has a chance of silverware this term as United face Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday.
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