1. By whom? Maybe by you, but most certainly not outside the few united supporters bubble.
2. Irrelevant at the moment, we are not test club and most certainly not at that very important position.
3. Yes, I have no doubt he is head and shoulders above Hojlund at the moment. One scoring and assisting for fun domestic, European and international football, the other is not.
4. No, but neither did Hojlund. But in Italian and Portuguese league numbers, Hojlund is way behind.
1. By most football fans other than Liverpool fans. To get an indicator, look up any top 10 young striker lists and you'll find him in all of them. Just because you're an impatient lad who wants things right away and behaves like a 7 year old does not mean he isn't one of the highest rated young strikers in the world. Him being our main striker isn't his fault.
2. Our league position was 8th last season. Forgot that already? We are not competing for a PL trophy or CL. We can very much afford Højlund time, especially when there is a dearth of great strikers around that would significantly improve us.
3. Funny. Gyokeres have 8 goals in 3 years for Sweden, Højlund got 7 in 1 for Denmark. Højlund also got more CL goals than Gyokeres, so it's hilarious you mention "European" as if Gyokeres comes out the winner in that category. The Swede also plays in one of the easiest of the top leagues. Here is a list of other top scorers in Primeira Liga:
23/24: Simon Banza (who?!) - 21 goals in 28
22/23: Mehdi Taremi - 22 goals in 33
21/22: Nunez - 26 goals in 28
20/21: Haris Seferovic - 22 goals in 31
19/20: Pizzi - 18 goals in 34
18/19: Seferovic - 22 goals in 29
17:18: Jonas - 34 goals in 30
17/18: Bas Dost - 27 goals in 31
16/17: Bas Dost - 34 goals in 31
15/16: Jonas - 32 goals in 34
15/16: Slimani - 27 goals in 33
Were you desperate to sign Bas Dost himself, or Jonas some years back? Or maybe you didn't because you know it is fairly easy to score goals in Primeira Liga, especially if you have your whole team consistently creating chances for you and you have a huge advantage of being quick, strong or both.
4. So your idea of sorting out that problem is by signing another unproven-in-a-top-league striker who guarantees nothing? You didn't even know Gyokeres 3 years ago, and there is a reason for that.