Hojlund, the future in Naples between redemption and clause

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December 30 – 12.14pm – NAPOLI

And so, without mincing words, the man who arrived practically from nowhere, but after a considerable investment, did what was required of him by contract: score, possibly a lot, succeeding in his own way, that is, in a wide field but also not, like a vulture, moving the defenses and also the objective values ​​of the field. Rasmus Hojlund, it is written in destiny, is a positive fact: because now that he has (re)started scoring, and is doing so with extraordinary continuity, like a King Midas in Neapolitan style, what he touches becomes gold, even himself. Destiny sometimes takes care of itself and draws unpredictable parables: on August 14th, at lunchtime, Rasmus Hojlund was left to waste away in that golden limbo that is Manchester, United side, suspended in the uncertainty of his role: then, in the evening, right before sitting down at the table, and when Napoli had sensed that Romelu Lukaku had abandoned him due to reasons of force majeure, his football life took a turn for the worse. overturned. Immediate blitz and after Milan and Juve had tried, deal concluded.

the test of 9

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Hojlund has already scored nine, he also gave three assists, he started by following the nature, instinct and tracers of Kevin De Bruyne (against Sporting, counterattack at a very high technical rate) then proceeded with the need to also be a little Lukaku, to accommodate Conte’s football, which in the meantime has changed together with him. Being a greedy person from birth, Hojlund has scored three doubles (one in the Champions League, against Sporting; two in the championship, with Juventus because they are very chic and then against Cremona, who still makes the league table) and has shaken off that chill that had gripped him a bit in the last period: having gone blank since 5 October, against Genoa, and therefore having lived for eight Sundays in abstinence, he will have happened to pick up some threads of concern in Maradona who was struck dumb by the crisis that then exploded in Bologna.

all united

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There will be time to thank United: the six million euros for the loan have already been paid at the same time as the contract was drawn up; the other 44 that will be used for the mandatory redemption, will be shot next July 1st, because that’s how it’s done. Fifty million euros to have a striker who scores every 208 minutes, but who has scored five in the last six games, and someone has left him in the area, who acts alone if needed but also with Neres, Politano, Lang and Elmas, his adventure companions in turn: the world, obviously, watches him, with the keen eye of someone who wants to understand what is still hidden in the talent of a 22-year-old (they will be 23 in just over a month) and in his CV vitae already has 202 games, 62 goals and experience in Denmark, Austria, Italy and England.

you can’t touch it

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But the breaths and sighs of the transfer market do not have access to Castel Volturno, where there is an agreement that locks the attacker in until his second year: in the rush to close this deal in the frenetic hours of the transfer market, De Laurentiis was obviously not distracted and obeyed a formula that in the past has repaid him in a very satisfactory way for the disappointment of a break with Cavani or with Higuain or with Osimhen. The diabolical mechanisms of the dream fair cannot be challenged and to avoid one day there being conflicts, Napoli and Hojlund have taken the work forward: from July 2027, therefore after the conclusion of the second season as Prince Charming, anyone who wants to get close to Hojlund will be able to do so by putting their hand on the mouse and proceeding to pay the first installment of the 85 million clause. Three “convenient” deferred payments of 28.3 million each, possibly… But life is now, possibly in double figures.