{"id":9124,"date":"2026-05-05T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:14:17","slug":"shame-peter-schmeichel-says-man-utd-are-making-38m-transfer-mistake-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9124","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shame&#8217; &#8211; Peter Schmeichel says Man Utd are making \u00a338m transfer mistake | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1451092028.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28239054\" alt=\"Argentina v France: Final - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peter Schmeichel believes Manchester United are making a mistake selling \u2018absolutely fantastic\u2019 striker Rasmus Hojlund.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund has spent this season on loan at Napoli, where he has scored 14 goals in 41 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>As part of last summer\u2019s loan deal, Napoli agreed to sign Hojlund on a permanent transfer if they qualified for the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting second in Serie A with three games remaining, Antonio Conte\u2019s side are almost guaranteed to qualify for next season\u2019s Champions League, meaning Hojlund will remain in Naples.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United legend Schmeichel wishes Hojlund was returning to Old Trafford this summer, however, and says he could have been \u2018absolutely fantastic\u2019 for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Much was expected of the Denmark international following his \u00a372m move from Atalanta in 2023 and Hojlund netted 16 goals in his first season at the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n<p>But Hojlund endured a more difficult second season at United, scoring just four goals in the Premier League, and the club opted to move him on last summer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274265376.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28240843\" alt=\"Como 1907 v SSC Napoli - Serie A\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Rasmus Hojlund is set to stay at Napoli (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His replacement, \u00a373m signing Benjamin Sesko, had an underwhelming start to his Old Trafford career but has improved in the second-half of the season, scoring 11 Premier League goals.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United may still look to sign another striker this summer to support Sesko, however, and Schmeichel says it is \u2018a shame\u2019 that Hojlund will not be returning.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u00a0think the deal\u00a0is if Napoli qualify for the\u00a0Champions League then they are obliged to sign Rasmus Hojlund permanently,\u2019 Schmeichel said on The Good, The Bad &amp; The Football podcast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2273795203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28240855\" alt=\"Manchester United v Liverpool - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Man Utd replaced Hojlund with Benjamin Sesko (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018So that\u2019s a bit of a shame because I like Hojlund by the way and think he could have been absolutely\u00a0fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think he wants to come\u00a0back\u00a0and I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think he can because Napoli\u00a0have\u00a0already qualified for the Champions League.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fellow former Manchester United star Nicky Butt described the club\u2019s treatment of Hojlund as \u2018wrong\u2019 and fears they will do the same to 22-year-old Slovenia international Sesko.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What they did with Hojlund was wrong because they brought a young boy in\u00a0who\u2019s\u00a0not got any Premier League experience and asked him to carry Manchester United,\u2019 Butt said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0scared\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0going to do that with Sesko. I know Sesko has done really well of late but they still need to get another centre forward, we had four top players in that position.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United will join Napoli in next season\u2019s Champions League and are on course for a third-place finish in the Premier League after Sunday\u2019s 3-2 win over Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>United, who have impressed under interim boss Michael Carrick, finish the 2025-26 campaign with games against Sunderland, Nottingham Forest and Brighton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Petr Cech tells young Man Utd star to consider Premier League transfer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Manchester United eye transfer move for \u00a338million West Ham star<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Man Utd player branded the \u2018most disappointing signing in history\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/> &#8216;Shame&#8217; 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