Man United set price tag for Rasmus Hojlund after top club make approach ahead of summer transfer window -Reports

Man United set price tag for Rasmus Hojlund after top club make approach ahead of summer transfer window -Reports

Napoli have made an initial approach for Rasmus Hojlund and Manchester United have responded by slapping a £50million price tag on the striker.

Hojlund, 22, has endured a difficult second season with the Red Devils, managing just three league goals while failing to register a single assist in his 24 appearances in the English top flight.

The Denmark international went 21 games without hitting the target across any competitions, a desperate run stretching back to mid-December, before he finally netted in United’s 3-0 win at Leicester last weekend.

Questions and speculation over Hojlund’s future at the Theatre of Dreams intensified further still when United’s co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, publicly questioned the £64m sum the club forked out to sign the youngster earlier this month.

‘If you look at the players we are buying, that we didn’t buy, we’re buying Antony, we’re buying Casemiro, we’re buying [Andre] Onana, we’re buying Hojlund, we’re buying [Jadon] Sancho,’ Ratcliffe told BBC Sport

According to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Hojlund could be set to return to Serie A in the summer, just two years on from his high-profile transfer to United from Atalanta.

It’s claimed Napoli are ‘desperately looking for goals’ to support Romelu Lukaku up front and Hojlund is firmly in their sights, as well as Udinese centre-forward Lorenzo Lucca.

Napoli have all but confirmed qualification for next season’s Champions League and club bosses recognise that Antonio Conte needs help building a squad capable of competing in Europe’s premier competition

The report suggests United would be open to selling Hojlund to help balance the books and the Old Trafford giants have set an asking price of €60m (£50m) for the goal-shy forward.