Overview
- Napoli took Hojlund on a deadline‑day season‑long loan from Manchester United with a reported €6m fee and a conditional €44m obligation to buy.
- Antonio Conte said the 22-year-old "has the potential to become a star" after early goals that included a Champions League brace against Sporting and a Serie A strike at Genoa.
- The move was accelerated by Romelu Lukaku’s injury, prompting Napoli to act quickly for striking cover.
- Manchester United’s signing of Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig, reportedly for £73.6m, helped push Hojlund down the pecking order.
- Sesko has scored in consecutive matches for United, and Hojlund publicly congratulated him on Instagram after the Sunderland win.