The Danish international has three years left on his contract at Old Trafford and was omitted from the squad for United's first two Premier League games of the season against Arsenal and Fulham by manager Ruben Amorim who is keen to move him on.
The Italian champions have expressed an interest in the striker after it became clear he was not going to feature under Amorim again this season and now according to Fabrizio Romano it looks like the deal is close to being completed.
“Napoli are confident to get Rasmus Højlund deal done very soon as talks are at final stages!
“Loan with buy option clause to become mandatory for fee close to €45m package.
“Contract until June 2030 for Rasmus, waiting on exit terms agreement with Man United.”
The move could become an obligation if certain conditions are met, and Sport Mediaset maintain the conditions are a set number of goals and appearances by Hojlund for Napoli rather than aspects like qualifying for the Champions League.
If the €45m fee is confirmed this week, it is still a huge drop from the €77M plus €10M bonuses that United paid to buy the 22 year old from Atalanta in August 2023. Hojlund scored 10 league goals in his first season for United, but struggled last term and netted just four times in the Premier League in 32 appearances.
He will be hoping for a much better showing in the Serie A alongside former Premier League stars such as Scott McTominay and Kevin De Bruyne who are thriving so far in Italy as Napoli aim for the title once again.
Abubakaraminualiyu
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let him go on loan
Vicsammy
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United is in a real mess, even the board are confused, the midfield is a mess n they don’t even know what to do with Bruno, n with Mainoo on the bench, United are not sure if they should sign a new midfielder or not, Even Amorim won’t change his formation that has been failing so far n even putting Sesko on bench, still watching over his fitness, God damn 🥱, nothing is not right with this United, I’m just fed up smh🤦♂️
boweklosuy
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Amorim and the board should resign. Clueless lot. Sesko ain’t any better, you leave Zizkee over Hojlund nxaaa
rikainopy
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no united
luuilnpstu
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the midfield is shit but they won't question them
Jipaeklmp
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God pls help him get out of this UTD mess for he is a good player.
ArchangelRaphael
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United will regret this in the near future.
Danielkelly
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I wish you the best bro
doydmoprs
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I agree but no lorn