After a summer-long striker search, the Red Devils finally signed Benjamin Šeško from RB Leipzig in a deal worth a total of €85 million (£73.8 million, $99.1 million). The 22-year-old joins Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo in Ruben Amorim’s new-look attack, leaving Højlund’s future in a red shirt uncertain.

Rasmus Hojlund’s Manchester United career has reached a turning point as the club prepare for a high-profile Premier League opener against Arsenal at Old Trafford. The Danish striker, signed from Atalanta for an initial £64m [$86m] transfer feein 2023 has been omitted from United’s squad for the visit of the Gunners.

United remain willing to sell Hojlund, who is available for just over £30million, although a loan exit would be considered as an alternative