Rasmus Hojlund could help Chelsea bank £50m windfall after Manchester United transfer

Rasmus Hojlund signing for Manchester United could inadvertently bank Chelsea a £50million windfall during the January transfer window. United splashed out £72million including add-ons for Hojlund this summer as they finally replacedfive-time Ballon d'Or-winning hero Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo was allowed to leave Old Trafford for a second time - under controversial circumstances - last December following that bombshell interview with TV personality Piers Morgan, in which Ronaldo criticised manager Erik ten Hag, the much-maligned Glazer family and other key figures at United.

United initially set their sights on Harry Kane before the prolific England captain headed to Bayern Munich instead. Hojlund, 20, was then tracked, pursued and signed.

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It has been a challenging start to life in the UK for the former Atalanta prospect. However, the striker is now starting to show his worth in the Premier League, with two goals in his last two domestic matches to go with an impressive return in Champions League Group A.

United were unceremoniously dumped out at the first hurdle in Europe this season. Hojlund, though, grabbed five goals in six appearances to underline his promise before putting a testing run in the Premier League behind him to score against Aston Villa and Tottenham.

The fee paid by United for Hojlund raised one or two eyebrows this summer. However, the Premier League giants signed over that amount for the player they believe he can become and not the one they currently have at their disposal - with Chelsea seemingly taking notice in their own transfer business.

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