Rasmus Hojlund has rediscovered his form since joining Napoli on loan from Manchester United in the summer, after two difficult seasons at Old Trafford
Manchester United have given Napoli the green light to sign Rasmus Hojlund on a permanent deal in January. Napoli signed the United flop on a season-long loan in the summer.
But the Italian champions have been so impressed with the striker, they are keen to take up the option and are in talks with United to bring forward the £38m deal. And with United keen to off-load the Danish forward as soon as possible, the English giants will look to conclude negotiations with Napoli in the coming weeks.
Napoli want to exercise their obligation to buy Hojlund, and talks are believed to be at an advanced stage. Hojlund became a laughing stock at Old Trafford after nothing up a dismal scoring record.
Despite costing United £72m from Atalanta, he managed just 14 goals in 62 league appearances.
United bosses were so disappointed with Hojlund, they decided to shell out another £66.3m on Benjamin Sesko this summer. But Hojlund has notched four goals in six appearances for Napoli, to leave boss Antonio Conte impressed.
Hojlund has missed Napoli's last three games due to being injured. But he is said to be loving life on the Amalfi coast, and has no intention of ever returning to United.
Getting a deal done sooner rather than later will be music to the ears of the Old Trafford hierarchy, particularly after last season's Jadon Sancho debacle.
Ronalkeno_10x
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Some of these players are good players on the world stage for lesser teams but fail to perform at the standard they had when playing in the big team. Reality is some superstars are just not not meant for the big clubs
dahalnopuy
11
English league is a big Boys Game, not meant for everybody, best of luck!
Colito
10
how i wish Barcelona to do the same thing with Rashford please we no longer need cry Bs
jendiklr
9
It could be true that some players are not meant for big stage.