In the summer heat, Manchester United signed Atalanta striker Herault for a whopping £72 million (HK$710 million), a move that drew a lot of banter from netizens, who dubbed him a "fish out of water". They believe that the 20-year-old Danish international is not worth the high price as he has limited goal-scoring ability and only scored 9 goals in 32 matches in Serie A last season. However, Squawka's data shows that Herlandt's goal-scoring efficiency ranked 5th in Serie A last season, which is not bad at all.
Although Herlander has only scored 9 goals in 32 Serie A games, which is really not impressive for a striker. However, it should be noted that he was not in every one of those 32 games. In fact, he only played a total of 1,832 minutes. Of those who played more than 900 minutes, excluding penalties, he contributed an average of 0.46 goals per 90 minutes, a figure that ranked 5th in Serie A last season behind Vitor Ozenhan (0.66), Nadalu Martinez (0.58), Moss Jaen (0.54) and Disko (0.51).
Additionally, Herault has taken relatively few shots on goal, averaging just 2.65 shots per 90 minutes, or 19 percent of the team's total shots on goal. Much of this phenomenon is due to Atlanta's limited ability to create offensive opportunities, as even the team's leading scorer, Lukavin, has only 13 goals.
