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Former South Africa striker, Benni McCarthy, has revealed wherefore Manchester United opted to motion Rasmus Hojlund alternatively of Victor Osimhen.
McCarthy was a first-team manager astatine Old Trafford nether erstwhile manager Erik 10 Hag astatine the time.
United were keen to motion Osimhen, but were discouraged by the Africa Cup of Nations schedule.
Osimhen had emerged arsenic 1 of the apical strikers successful Europe, aft scoring 26 goals to assistance Napoli triumph their archetypal Serie A rubric successful 33 years.
McCarthy has present claimed helium played a relation successful the recruitment of strikers and thought Osimhen would “fit perfect” with the Red Devils.
“If you walk £100m connected a player, you don’t privation to suffer him for AFCON,” McCarthy told Newsday connected the BBC World Service.
“I deliberation helium would person been precise palmy there. But it [AFCON] was a large stumbling block.
“Losing him for truthful galore important matches, the squad suffers not having the main striker there.
“So the determination was made. Literally [a] large portion was due to the fact that of the AFCON and Victor Osimhen’s sanction got scratched disconnected – not a subordinate of involvement due to the fact that of that.”
United alternatively signed Rasmus Hojlund from Atalanta for £72m successful August 2023, with the Denmark planetary scoring 26 goals successful 95 appearances earlier joining Napoli connected indebtedness past September.
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