Manchester United star Patrick Dorgu has admitted he was ‘shocked’ by the club’s decision to offload Rasmus Hojlund this summer.
Hojlund endured a disastrous second season at Old Trafford last term, scoring just four Premier League goals as United slumped to a dismal 15th place finish.
With only Everton and the three relegated clubs scoring less than them during the 2024-25 campaign, United spent £200million rebuilding their attack, signing Benjamin Sesko for £74m.
While the Denmark international was eager to stay in Manchester and fight for his place, a loan move to Napoli with an obligation to buy was agreed in the final week of the summer transfer window.
Dorgu joined his countrymen Hojlund and Christian Eriksen at Old Trafford in January.
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While there was little surprise in seeing Eriksen leave the club at the end of his contract, the decision to let the striker move on was.
‘That’s how it is in football. You never know when it’s your turn to move on,’ Dorgu said while away on international duty with Denmark.
‘We knew that it would happen to Christian [Eriksen], but it was perhaps a bigger shock that Rasmus had to move on.
‘I talked to him a lot during the process and could sense which way it was going.
‘Hopefully, we will now see each other every time on the national team.’
Hojlund joined United in a deal worth £72m in 2023.
Amorim made it clear he was not in his plans for the season, leaving him out of the side’s final pre-season game and each of their four matches this season.
The former Atalanta star joins former teammate Scott McTominay at Napoli, who will be obligated to make the deal permanent for a fee of £38m should they qualify for the Champions League this term.
