{"id":104404,"date":"2026-01-19T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/conte-criticizes-amorim-hojlund-from-man-utd-to-napoli-lack-of-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:21:26","slug":"conte-criticizes-amorim-hojlund-from-man-utd-to-napoli-lack-of-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/conte-criticizes-amorim-hojlund-from-man-utd-to-napoli-lack-of-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Conte criticizes Amorim: H\u00f8jlund, from Man Utd to Napoli, lack of adaptation?"},"content":{"rendered":"Napoli coach Antonio Conte has subtly criticized his Manchester United counterpart, Ruben Amorim, suggesting that the arrogance of previous coaches has hindered Rasmus H\u00f8jlund&#8217;s development as a striker.\n\nH\u00f8jlund arrived at Napoli on loan for a season last summer, in an agreement that obligates the Serie A club to sign him permanently if they qualify for the Champions League.\n\nThe Danish striker joined United in 2023 for a fee of \u00a364 million ($85.79 million) from Atalanta, scoring 26 goals in 95 appearances. He was often overlooked by Amorim during his time in charge of the Old Trafford team and did not feature in any of the first four Premier League games of the season.\n\nH\u00f8jlund got off to a good start at Napoli, scoring nine goals in his first 20 appearances, but he hasn&#8217;t found the net since scoring a brace against Cremonese on December 28th.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0119%2Fr1602633_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n<em>Antonio Conte has turned Rasmus H\u00f8jlund into a key piece of his attack at Napoli.<\/em>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Some young coaches today are arrogant and don&#8217;t want to adapt. They see a young striker struggling and, instead of coaching him, they blame him,&#8221; Conte said in a press conference on Friday before the weekend&#8217;s victory over Sassuolo.<\/p><cite>Image Photo Agency\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;They always complain and blame everyone but themselves, because everything is handed to them on a silver platter.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Antonio Conte<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nNapoli&#8217;s sporting director, Giovanni Manna, has stated that he considers the permanent signing of H\u00f8jlund from Manchester United a &#8220;formality&#8221;.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We did everything we could to sign him,&#8221; Manna declared to the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport.<\/p><cite>Giovanni Manna<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n&#8220;There were more prestigious clubs interested, but his willingness was crucial, and we are proud of it. There is a purchase option and a purchase obligation if we qualify for the Champions League.&#8221;\n\nThe player considers himself a Napoli player, and the same goes for us. This is extremely important.&#8221;\n\nNapoli currently occupies third place in Serie A, six points behind the league leaders, Internazionale, and will face Juventus on Sunday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napoli coach Antonio Conte has subtly criticized his Manchester United counterpart, Ruben Amorim, suggesting that the arrogance of previous coaches has hindered Rasmus H\u00f8jlund&#8217;s development as a striker. H\u00f8jlund arrived at Napoli on loan for a season last summer, in an agreement that obligates the Serie A club to sign him permanently if they qualify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2557,143,2845,3971],"class_list":{"0":"post-104404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-antonio-conte","9":"tag-manchester-united","10":"tag-naples","11":"tag-rasmus-hojlund"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}