Overview

• Reports link Napoli with interest in Mainoo while several outlets say United could consider permanent offers near £45m, down from a previously cited £70m.
• Other reporting from The Athletic, echoed by local coverage, indicates United are content to keep him through the September 1 deadline.
• Mainoo has yet to play in the league under Ruben Amorim this season and made his first start in the Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town.
• Napoli are in advanced talks on a loan-to-buy for Rasmus Hojlund, and their pursuit has been reported alongside monitoring of Mainoo by top European clubs.
• Selling a homegrown graduate would count as pure profit under PSR calculations, but coverage notes it would test United’s long-standing commitment to academy players.