Ex-England int’l urges ‘dangerous’ Rashford to do the unthinkable and join Utd’s ‘dominant’ PL rivals

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·11. Dezember 2024

Ex-England int’l urges ‘dangerous’ Rashford to do the unthinkable and join Utd’s ‘dominant’ PL rivals

Amidst growing uncertainty over his Manchester United future, Marcus Rashford has been encouraged to depart his boyhood club for a longstanding Premier League rival.

It comes after numerous reports on Tuesday claimed that the forward’s stagnant form and off-field issues had left him ‘fighting to save’ his Red Devils career.

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Rashford is contracted to Old Trafford until 2028, having signed a lucrative five-year deal following his career-best campaign, during which he scored 30 goals, in 2023. The extension made him one of the side’s highest earners, alongside Casemiro, on £325,000 a week.

Things went downhill considerably since then, though, as he mustered up only eight goals in 43 appearances in the subsequent season. The 27-year-old was consequently overlooked for Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad, and he has yet to return to the England setup since March; interim Lee Carsley also opted against restoring Rashford to the Three Lions camp for the final international breaks of the year.

Whether or not Thomas Tuchel will call upon United’s No.10 when he officially takes the reins in 2025 remains to be seen. Given England’s world-class attacking depth, he’ll face a significant battle to pip his in-form counterparts to a spot.

While some outlets have suggested Rashford could be on his way out of M16 at the end of 2024/2025, Graeme Bailey reckons he will be granted ample time to prove himself to Ruben Amorim – he’s already got off to a relatively impressive start after scoring three goals in Amorim’s first four matches.

Rashford urged to turn his back on United by signing for direct PL rival

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Should the time come when Rashford looks to ply his trade elsewhere, Danny Murphy reckons he should take his exploits to another big-six club.

“Playing in a team that’s so settled and so confident and competent, there is a case that his end product would get much better because Arsenal are really dominant in games. There would be some people who would take Rashford over [Gabriel] Martinelli,” Murphy told the talkSPORT panel.

When ranking United’s current forward options, he declared: “He’s still the best one, on his day, He’s the most dangerous one.

“If I looked at all their front players and thought, ‘Who can win me a game? Who can score a goal? Who’s going to hurt people?’ I’d have him ahead of [Alejandro] Garnacho, [Rasmus] Hojlund and Antony this season.

“The biggest problem with Marcus is the perception. The aesthetics of him; he sometimes looks down on himself, slumped. But when you possess such pace, power and athleticism, I’m amazed that there haven’t been videos with him saying, ‘Have a look at yourself’. The ability he’s got and physical attributes he has, he’s capable of more. But he’s been at a club where the managers and managerial team has not been stable – the team’s not been great.”