Man Utd fans furious with Rasmus Hojlund's latest post after Newcastle defeat
Manchester United fans are not happy with the social media activity from Rasmus Hojlund after the Red Devils' 2-1 defeat to Newcastle on Wednesday night.
United's unbeaten run under caretaker boss Michael Carrick came to an end on Wednesday night after substitute Will Osula scored a sensational winner for 10-man Newcastle.
Carrick's men missed out on the chance to move further ahead of Aston Villa in third after producing a less than impressive performance at St James' Park.
Anthony Gordon opened the scoring with a penalty after Jacob Ramsey was sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession, before Casemiro equalised in first half stoppage time.
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But it was Osula who had the last laugh, scoring his second Premier League goal of the season in the last minute with an incredible curling left-footed strike after chasing a lost cause down the right flan.
And Hojlund has caused a stir with his antics online. On loan at Italian champions Napoli for the season, he is still contracted to United but fans noticed that he commented on Osula's Instagram post with a smoke emoji after his match-winning heroics.
Hojlund is teammates with Osula for the Denmark national team but United supporters did not think it was a good look.
One fan on X fumed: 'What’s wrong with this players, this will never happen under Fergie. He better pray Napoli sign him permanently."
A second said: "It's usually players who have failed at United or are struggling to break into the first team. Odd behaviour."
A third added: "Amorim was right about these young players."
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Hojlund has played 32 times for Napoli this season, scoring 13 times in all competitions.
Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko and Bryan Mbeumo all arrived at United in the summer, meaning Hojlund was surplus to requirements.
Looking for regular football, Hojlund returned to Italy with Napoli - reuniting with former teammate Scott McTominay.
Napoli are paying a small loan fee and are understood to have the option to buy Hojlund for £38 million.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Hojlund detailed how his departure came about in the summer.
"United made it quite clear for me that I wasn’t part of the plans for this year coming into the season, and with no European football and that sort of things," he explained.
"I’m young, I have to play football and for that reason, I think this was also a good opportunity for me."
The former Atalanta man continued: "Napoli saw an opportunity to go and get me and as soon as I heard the interest from them, I made it quite obvious for my camp and for the people around that I only wanted to to go there."
Topics: Newcastle United, Rasmus Hojlund, Man Utd
Josh Lawless