On May 11, the famous reporter Romano updated his personal podcast and talked about the situation of many teams.
Regarding Hoylund’s buyout clause
Then we have to talk about Manchester United. Tomorrow, we may receive the final approval and receive a payment of 44 million euros. Including this part, a total of 50 million euros will be received. This is from Hoylen's transaction. The background to this deal is that Hoylen joined Manchester United from Naples on loan last summer with a mandatory buyout clause. The agreement signed by the two parties clearly stated that if Naples can qualify for the Champions League at the end of the 2025-26 season, it must completely buy out the Danish forward for a total price of 50 million euros.
The current situation is that with two rounds of the league remaining, Napoli is 4 points ahead of the fifth-placed team and is only a little away from qualifying for the Champions League. If they are officially confirmed to qualify for the Champions League tomorrow, Hoylen's mandatory buyout clause will be activated.
Therefore, in addition to the 6 million euros in loan fees received from Naples a year ago in August 2025, Manchester United will also receive 44 million euros. This 44 million euros will be used as the remaining part of the buyout fee, either paid to Manchester United in one lump sum or in installments. Manchester United, it should be noted that this money is not the transfer fee paid by Manchester United, but the money received by Manchester United, because Hoylen previously transferred to Manchester United from Atlanta, and then he was loaned to Naples by Manchester United, so the total amount of 50 million euros will be activated next week. For Manchester United, having this money in their accounts will undoubtedly reduce the club's financial pressure, especially when they have carried out multiple player introduction transactions during the summer transfer window.
There is a termination clause in Hoylen's contract, which will take effect from June 2027 and the amount is 85 million euros. This shows that if Hoylen performs well in Naples, other clubs can directly pay 85 million euros to sign him after the summer of 2027. However, it should be noted that this termination clause will not take effect this summer, but will only take effect from next summer. So Naples still has Hoylen for at least one season, and there is no need to worry about him being poached by a wealthy club immediately.
So, this is a story about Hoylen, which obviously brings extra money to Manchester United. Although this fund cannot completely cover all of Manchester United's signing expenses this summer, it can at least become one of the important starting funds they use to strengthen their lineup. The club's management is currently evaluating how to invest this money in the positions where it is most needed, such as the central defender position, the midfielder position, and the forward substitute position.