Marcus Rashford’s future is up in the air after the Manchester United striker said he is ready for a new challenge, but which clubs will be in the market to sign him in January?
The forward, who likes to run down the left flank, is now 27 and, after being left out of United’s squad for Sunday’s derby win against Manchester City, looks set to leave the Old Trafford club after almost 20 years.
But the picture is complicated, with potential buyers having to weigh up Rashford’s signature against his potential financial demands, as well as whether he fits into a position that requires reinforcements, with Ruben Amorim’s comments the manager saying , who believes the team is stronger with Rashford…
Is there a Premier League option for Rashford?
Sky Sports Senior Football Reporter Peter Smith.
“Arsenal: perhaps it is the English club that you think. maybe that could be the connection.
“It’s not going to happen Liverpoolit won’t happen Man City given the rivalry with Manchester United.
“And Chelseathey have a lot of fringe players at the moment, they also don’t pay the wages Rashford will come in.
Arsenal signed Raheem Sterling on loan from Chelsea in the summer and they see it as a good financial deal for them as Chelsea are still paying a good chunk of Sterling’s wages while he is at Arsenal until the end of this season.
“So maybe they could do something like that with Rashford if it was just a loan deal to get him playing football and playing regularly in the Premier League.
“Arsenal needs a little help on the left as well. Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli didn’t deliver enough his year.
“But does Rashford do enough after taking over to fit into Mikel Arteta’s system?”
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Rashford told reporter Henry Winter when asked about his future at Man Utd that he is “ready for a new challenge and the next steps”.
Paris Saint-Germain has long been seen as a potential destination, but is the timing wrong?
Sky Sports Senior Football Reporter Peter Smith.
“PSG just went through this big project to try to eliminate all of this Galaxiesall these superstars, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Neymar…
“They didn’t want to be burdened with these super A-listers who are earning hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds a week. They wanted to bring in young, talented players like Bradley Barcola, who plays on the left wing, where Rashford wants to play
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“So even when you’re talking about PSG, who I think has been a potential destination for Rashford for the last couple of seasons, he scored a fantastic penalty for Manchester United in the Champions League, so they saw that first-hand.” what can he do, but maybe it’s gone a little bit.”
Sky Sports European football expert Dougie Critchley.
“I think it’s more likely in 2022. Barcola is one of their best players this season. He’s scored 10 goals in 13 league games. He’s only 19 and can play on the left wing : They don’t really need another left winger, and I think that’s the story for a lot of clubs across Europe.”
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Ruben Amorim is facing questions over Rashford’s future at Manchester United after the striker said he was “ready for a new challenge”.
Which clubs in Europe will want him? There are plenty of top left forwards out there…
Sky Sports European football expert Dougie Critchley.
“If you go to Spain, Real Madrid: got Vinicius Junior. They won’t move him soon. And with Rashford’s performances, he’s going to move to a club of Real Madrid’s caliber. It is unlikely.
“But then you walk around BarcelonaThey have Dani Olmo, they have Rafinha, who is one of the best players in Europe this season Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone continues to stick to the 4-4-2, but they’ve got it Samuel Linoa really promising left winger on their books.You go to Germany, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane Bavaria Munich – They don’t need a left winger. Jamie Gittens is absolutely superior Borussia Dortmund. They don’t need a left winger.
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior is among the talented left wingers currently playing in Europe.
“Lois Openda and Benjamin Sesco RB: Leipzig They do a lot of work there. They don’t need him. Even in a club like Milanthey have Rafael Leao.
“You get the picture. There aren’t really that many directions for him. And the club that probably seemed the most important, maybe a year or two ago. Juventus but they came to this young kid called Kenan Yıldız who was given the number 10 jersey; the jersey that Pogba wore, that Del Piero wore. And he plays really well on the left wing. So they don’t really need it.
“The clubs that Rashford could have gone to a few years ago, when he was having a 30-goal season, when he was doing so well for England… for him, when the rest of Europe doesn’t have that much cash and the left-backs are also really stacked all over in Europe”.
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Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher looks back at Manchester United’s derby win over Manchester City and suggests Rashford’s exclusion from the squad could spell the end for him at Old Trafford.
Is Amorim’s blueprint the answer to staying at Manchester United?
Sky Sports Senior Football Reporter Peter Smith.
“What I thought was interesting was that Amorim said he was looking for ways to get Marcus Rashford to his best. I don’t think it’s the first time we’ve heard that from a Manchester United manager it says
“We know he’s a great talent. That’s what Amorim calls him.
“Of course you have to say Manchester United have made a lot of changes in managers, a lot of changes around Rashford for most of that time.
“It’s difficult for Rashford and where we really place him in terms of his Manchester United career because there have been moments where he’s looked fantastic. Other moments have been really disappointing.
“Now we heard about Ruben Amorim, a new coach coming to the club who can see his quality and thinks: “I can get the best out of this player. But a lot of managers have said that before. They haven’t been able to do that for a long time.”
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