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Four goals in 33 league games last season was a desperately underwhelming return for Rasmus Hojlund.

Those are hardly numbers befitting a Manchester United striker.

For both United and the player, change was needed, and fortunately for Hojlund (and even the Red Devils), it arrived.

Keen to find cover for their injured frontman, Napoli convinced United to sanction a season-long loan.

Determined to bounce back, eager to rewrite his story and prove he was not the problem, Hojlund has taken Italian football by storm, breathing new life into his career.

In six games for the Serie A outfit, the Dane has netted four goals. That tally alone may not be eye-catching, but what stands out is his overall form: eight goals in nine appearances for club and country this season.

If there is a man on a resurgence, it is Hojlund.

Napoli must feel like transfer geniuses; their bold gamble is already paying off.

Hojlund: one for the present and the future

The ex-Atalanta man is emerging as everything the Italian champions hoped he would be. Lukaku’s absence has not been felt in the slightest.

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