Looking for a striker during the summer transfer window, PSG reportedly suffered a refusal from Rasmus Hojlund, who preferred to join Manchester United.
The 2023 summer transfer window was marked by a major revolution in the workforce of the Paris Saint Germain. With the arrival of Luis Enrique and the departures of several major players from recent seasons, the capital club greatly modified its team during the summer. This is particularly the case up front, since Lionel Messi and Neymar have left. the capital club therefore spent a large part of its transfer window looking for a professional striker to support Kylian Mbappé on the front of the attack.
Hojlund refused PSG
These are ultimately Randal Kolo Muani And Gonçalo Ramos who joined the Parisian ranks for a total budget of around 170 million euros, a sign of PSG’s ambitions this season. But the French international and the Portuguese were not the only ones to be targeted by the Ile-de-France club. In addition to Harry Kane and Victor Osimhen, the reigning French champion tried to offer himself Rasmus Hojlundwho played at Atalanta Bergamo and who many consider to be the “new Haaland”, although he is Danish and not Norwegian.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi tried during a video call to convince Rasmus Hojlund, who listened to him politely, but without changing his mind. PSG offered him a higher salary, however, the lure of playing at Old Trafford was the deciding factor. (@lauriewhitwell) #MUFC pic.twitter.com/zn8Be0kiZZ
— Manchester United (@MUnitedFR) September 23, 2023
But the 20-year-old eventually joined Manchester United against a nice check for 74 million euros, and this choice would not have been made by default since the Danish international (8 caps, 6 goals) would simply have refused the advances from Paris. If we are to believe the information from The Athletic this Saturday, the French club would have offered 50 then 60 million euros to Atalanta to afford its striker, to whom it offered a salary significantly higher than what the Red Devils offered, but it would have simply declined the offer. Parisian offer to reach the North of England. Injured at the start of the season, he only played three matches with his new team and scored his first goal during his first start against Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the Champions League.
