"What part are you worried about?"
Hojlund looked at his beer for a moment before answering. "The price tag. Seventy million. Every goal I don't score, every match where I'm not the best player on the pitch, people will say they overpaid. The pressure's different when you cost that much. It's not just about performing well—it's about justifying the investment every single week."
Demien understood that because his own transfer speculation carried similar weight even if the numbers being discussed were slightly lower, and the difference between proving yourself as a nineteen-year-old prospect versus proving yourself as a seventy-million-euro striker was scope rather than substance.
"You'll handle it," Demien said, and the statement was factual rather than reassuring because Hojlund's goal-scoring record at Atalanta had shown he could finish under pressure. "First goal at Old Trafford, the price tag stops mattering. Just takes one."
