Finance Expert: Man United make ‘very big loss’ after permanent deal agreed

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Rasmus HojlundNapoli StatsAppearances43Starts41Goals15Assists8Yellow Cards2Rasmus Hojlund’s stats for Napoli this seasonSpeaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson discussed what the Hojlund deal means for Man United. If you look at what they paid versus what they’ll receive, it’s obviously a very big loss, but they’ve taken three years of amortisation.

“They’ll comfort themselves that they’ve not made a PSR or an SCR loss on paper because they’ve sold him for whatever his book value is, but it’s not the real world.” Why Jadon Sancho situation is more damaging than Hojlund for Man UnitedBorson insisted Man United have come out of the deal for Hojlund better than the situation with Jadon Sancho, who is set to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer this summer. “It’s still a very disappointing transfer, but it is mitigated by the fact that they got out of it,” said Borson.

“If you were to add up the wages, offset by whatever they receive back on loan fees, it’s well over £100m for nothing. “They’ve done okay out of the deal and the player has done okay as well.