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Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent

Sat 16 August 2025 21:00, UK

Manchester United are unlikely to bring in a transfer fee for Rasmus Hojlund this summer as AC Milan close in on signing him, sources have told Football Insider.

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Speaking on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, senior correspondent Pete O’Rourke revealed what his sources have said about the Serie A side’s pursuit of Hojlund this summer.

Ruben Amorim has admitted that Hojlund could leave Man United imminently and may be in new colours by the time of their Premier League opener on 17 August, after being superseded by Benjamin Sesko.

Sesko’s £74million move from RB Leipzig leaves the writing on the wall for Hojlund at Old Trafford, and sources have told Football Insider that a return to Italy with AC Milan is the Dane’s likeliest landing spot.

Football Insider revealed on 12 August that Milan are keen on a loan deal for Hojlund, but the Serie A side are unwilling to pay the £40million fee Man United want to recoup this summer for the 22-year-old.

Rasmus Hojlund fell well below expectations for Man United last season (Credit: Imago)

Sources have told Football Insider that AC Milan‘s preference is to sign Hojlund on loan with a £35–40m option to buy, but that lack of a guaranteed transfer fee could scupper the deal from Man United’s end.

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Hojlund is one of several big names that Man United have struggled to move off the books this summer, and Football Insider revealed on Tuesday that Chelsea have cooled their interest in Alejandro Garnacho.

Speaking on the new Inside Track podcast, O’Rourke said that Man United’s hopes of earning a transfer fee for Hojlund this summer are unlikely, with Milan the current front-runners of the race to sign him.

“It does looks like his future lies away from Old Trafford and it looks like he could end up back in Serie A”, he told Football Insider.

“With Benjamin Sesko coming in, he is going to be the number nine at United and will be leading the line in Ruben Amorim’s new-look frontline, so Hojlund has been pushed down the pecking order.



Sesko’s move to Old Trafford leaves Rasmus Hojlund out of favour (Credit: Manh Tung – Breaking Media)

“I think Serie A probably looks like the best landing spot for him; AC Milan seem to be the club making all the moves to bring him back to Italy.

“Milan are trying to get Hojlund on the cheap; they prefer a loan deal with an option to sign, which again, we find [that] a lot of these deals end up happening.

“So United might get a loan fee for Hojlund, but they’re not getting that full – probably £40million – [fee] which they would hope to get for the Denmark International.

“Milan would prefer to take Hojlund on loan with an option to sign for around £35–40million next summer.”

Amorim’s overhaul of United’s frontline is complete with the acquisition of Sesko after Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, with each signing reducing the chances of Hojlund having a future at Old Trafford.

Hojlund isn’t in Ruben Amorim’s plans at Manchester United this season (Credit: Imago)

Fulham have now emerged as surprise contenders to sign Hojlund with Rodrigo Muniz set for a move to Serie A, but they’re still weighing up whether to launch a loan or permanent offer to match AC Milan.

Suitors for Hojlund have understandably been hard to come by given his patchy form and the massive £64m fee paid for him, and Amorim certainly won’t stand in his way if a deal is agreed with either Milan or Fulham.

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