14 - Marcus Rashford

[JamDav1982]

Cant see him being signed.

Raphinha is clear at LW and should stay there as much as possible.

Dont think it should be changed at weekend either. Would rather Raph at LW and keep that left hand side that is working a lot better to take pressure off the opposition setting traps to man mark midfield and send balls to full backs early.

Good signing.. if a bit expensive for more FFP space gone on players with nothing at end of it.

 

[Birdy]

Raphinha as AM already tried by Flick and it didn’t work out. Also Balde has chemistry with Raphinha, not the same with Rashford

I don't remember Raphina as AM.

Of course it could work, with Raphina being given freedom to drift around.

 

[serghei]

Showed a proper defensive mindset when he came on vs AM. Good to see. If he does that constantly and works as hard off the ball I'd be more than welcome to take him on at half the 40m quoted price. Big if though.

He has a tendency to drift off usually. Under no circumstances do we need or want to accommodate that behavior.

He needs to understand that the stars we made these concessions about were of ultra elite type, best in the world BD potential, way above his capabilities or talent.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Get Rashy for another year and then get Leao for free in 2028

 

[serghei]

Get Rashy for another year and then get Leao for free in 2028

Leao is a bum. Would stay away from him and players like him.

I'd take Mbappe, Haaland from the priviledged types. The rest have to work like dogs here.

 

[ZenI]

I don't remember Raphina as AM.

Of course it could work, with Raphina being given freedom to drift around.

I'm sure he would do great as a free roaming #9...

----------Raphinha--------
Rashy---Injurlmo----GangGang

Not bad. But Flick won't put Lewa in the corner - but he should, especially first half away CL games. Lewa does fuck all in those and Flick needs to acknowledge and fix that. We're slow out of the starting blocks to establish our gameplan, therefor we need pressing from the start - Lewa just disappears totally in the first half, like we're playing with 10 men.

 

[Devils]

No chance this cat is getting signed for the wages that he's on. Too limited of a player.

Might be useful to try to negotiate another loan as he is useful for squad depth and that is it.

 

[FCMessi]

Has some speed and can spam a few crosses.

Rashford not worth it for a penny-pinching Barca.

Hoards and wastes ALL corners and free kicks.

So many 1on1's with the keepers, never try to chip the keeper even once.

What a dumb fuck.

 

[jaype]

Spam crosses? His crosses are almost always inch-perfect passes. Many of them have ended in goals.

He's been a great loan.

 

[MonteCuler]

He's a great loan so far but I still don't see a scenario which would have us signing him permanently

 

[Barcaman]

18 goal contributions. If he continues like this it will be a great return.

To be clear, it's still a costly loan, but at least it worked.

 

[El Ilusionista]

World class winger buy him, better than Neymar

 

[FCBarca]

He's a great loan so far but I still don't see a scenario which would have us signing him permanently

Everything I hoped he’d be, plus his attitude looks great on/off the pitch. Considering his fee (zero) and wages, we couldn’t hope for a better return on the short term investment (only on reduced wages)

Going forward, a permanent move still will be predicated on negotiating the fee as well as his wages which there are still more than 6 months to decide as he has been here for less than 5 months thus far

ManYoo, just another damning indictment of their sporting policy binning one of their own and media campaign to undermine an English academy player - unreal really, PR fake news

 

[ZenI]

Everything I hoped he’d be, plus his attitude looks great on/off the pitch. Considering his fee (zero) and wages, we couldn’t hope for a better return on the short term investment (only on reduced wages)

Going forward, a permanent move still will be predicated on negotiating the fee as well as his wages which there are still more than 6 months to decide as he has been here for less than 5 months thus far

ManYoo, just another damning indictment of their sporting policy binning one of their own and media campaign to undermine an English academy player - unreal really, PR fake news

Don't think United will negotiate down from 30M, they're not blind - dude is producing assists and plays well. But I'm sure he'll take a small cut to his wage - shame his contract is until 2028...
I'd like him to score more though, he misses to many easy chances in front of goal. If he can improve that and also improve in tight spaces and his defensive work - I'd still say we should go for him in the summer. We don't have any clear Masia talents coming through and it's not like there are many 30M wingers on the market that would slot right in - Rashy wouldn't really be a risk, he's shown how well he can play for us and I think he has more to give. Just don't sign him on a way to long contract - 2029 tops.

 

[FCBarca]

All of the great goalscorers Barça acquired took some time to adapt, they didn’t hit the ground running as well as him IMHO

Suarez was missing easy chances and was a facilitator more than a goalscorer first, looking to find his role in the attack. Ibra never truly was a consistent threat. Titi was whistled early on. Villa struggled and many of us wondered if we got him too late in his career. Only Samu comes to mind who was a rising star at Mallorca and hit the ground running at Barça. Saviola was a disaster

Only Lewandowski was WC from the go and has actually become a key piece in Flick’s offense

I thought Marcus would struggle more in tight spaces since his dribbling is more suited to the Premiership where he could kick & rush the defenders more. But that too he’s becoming more dangerous

We’re 5 months into his loan, months before the business end of season where we should see whether he has what it takes to continue. That will dictate his continuity or not and while I am not fussed one way or the other on the outcome I have the impression he will deliver