Fabrizio Romano: Manchester United £64m double deal 'almost guaranteed'

Manchester United are reportedly 'confident' they will earn an additional £64 million from the proposed sale of two players next year.

It was another busy summer at Old Trafford but they only managed to sanction two permanent sales in their latest squad revamp under Ruben Amorim. Alejandro Garnacho sealed a move to Chelsea for £40m, plus a 10% sell-on clause, while Antony returned to Real Betis for a £21.65m fee, plus a 50% sell-on clause of any future profits.

United sanctioned several loan departures and managed to agree potential future sale clauses in the deals that saw Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund leave the club. Barcelona have the option to buy Rashford for £26 million (€30 million) next summer, while Napoli will have an obligation to purchase Hojlund for £38.3 million (€44 million) if they qualify for the Champions League and he features in a sufficient number of matches.

There is no guarantee either of those deals will become permanent at the end of the season, though notorious transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano claims United are 'internally confident' they will both take place. If that happens, it means there will be an additional £64m brought into the club that can then be reinvested in the next stage of their rebuild.

“Hojlund started immediately very well, starting for Napoli against Fiorentina (and scoring), being already an important player for Antonio Conte in the Champions League,” Romano said on his YouTube channel. “So for sure Rasmus Hojlund is an important part of the Napoli project.

“The feeling they have internally at Man Utd is that the (conditional) obligation to buy for Rasmus Hojlund will be triggered. He’s playing, he’s an important player for Napoli and also because the plan of Napoli is to have Hojlund as a crucial part of the project, not just for this season but also the future.

"So the feeling at Manchester United is Rashford is just a loan with a buy option, Rasmus Hojlund is a loan with an obligation and that obligation is expected to be triggered. So, Manchester United already internally considers those €60m as something almost guaranteed."

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