Marcus Rashford

[Porque]

Pay all of Rashy wage, but also pay half of Lenglets and now Ansu.

Club could have probably paid less had we went later in the window, but preferred to give him a proper pre-season. Fair enough.

 

[vuji_31]

He is on 5mil net, so not true

 

[jlim632]

Need a centre forward to be on the receiving end of through ball during counters with pace which has always been missing last season. Lewa is past it and ferran doesn't seem to have the pace too. Was over relying of Raph on this too much last season. Let see if rashford can add a different dimension to the CF play.

 

[draconifire]

Barcelona will pay all of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford's £325,000-a-week salary in the deal which is set to take the 27-year-old England international to the Spanish club on an initial season-long loan.

Marcus Rashford to complete dream loan move to Barcelona

Spanish champions will pay forward’s £17million wages during season-long switch, which is welcome news to Ruben Amorim as he bids to revamp Man United squad

www.thetimes.com

I sleep knowing that this is not true.
And daddy Tebas will ensure we don't do this stupidity.

 

[Barcaman]

Barcelona will pay all of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford's £325,000-a-week salary in the deal which is set to take the 27-year-old England international to the Spanish club on an initial season-long loan.

Marcus Rashford to complete dream loan move to Barcelona

Spanish champions will pay forward’s £17million wages during season-long switch, which is welcome news to Ruben Amorim as he bids to revamp Man United squad

www.thetimes.com

Times used to be reliable. Seems insane that we would pay that. Even for Barca level of loan deals.

 

[TheStig]

https://x.com/NicoSchira/status/1946814500864147942

This is the tweet I mentioned that speaks about the clause becoming mandatory, don't really know how credible it is though.

 

[Porque]

Liverpool signed Etikekeke for 90m. We sign Rashford for F knows % of wages.

Levels to this game.

Saying that I don't know which will end up better, or worse.

 

[Tyler]

I understand your point, and I do like you as a poster and have had some pleasant exchanges with you.

It could work out that way. But it doesn't always work out that playing with better players leads to better individual performances. Sometimes less pressure at a smaller club, or everything going through you as a player, can help.

Like I say, I like you as a poster, and am trying to take a balanced position on Rashford, so hope we can keep it respectful.

I'm not particularly a fan of Rashford. He is what is and will always be. Dangerous on his day, but doesn't have as many of those days as he should consistently enough. But a poster here calling him a bum is ridiculous. Pretty much every team in Europe would happily have in as part of their squad if it wasn't for his crazy wage demands. He's lightning quick, direct, and when confident can be a terrific finisher. He's also one of them players that can score from almost nothing.

Feeling is mutual. But now and again I can post first and think second, so my replies and comments might not always show me in a great light. I'll try to do better.

 

[Tyler]

Liverpool signed Etikekeke for 90m. We sign Rashford for F knows % of wages.

Levels to this game.

Ekitike is relatively unproven. Rashford would tear up the Bundesliga with how bad most German teams defend. The reason I watch the Bundesliga is because of how open the defences are, leading to a lot of highly entertaining games.

 

[Barcaman]

I'm not particularly a fan of Rashford. He is what is and will always be. Dangerous on his day, but doesn't have as many of those days as he should consistently enough. But a poster here calling him a bum is ridiculous. Pretty much every team in Europe would happily have in as part of their squad if it wasn't for his crazy wage demands. He's lightning quick, direct, and when confident can be a terrific finisher. He's also one of them players that can score from almost nothing.

Feeling is mutual. But now and again I can post first and think second, so my replies and comments might not always show me in a great light. I'll try to do better.

Is he really that quick? Didn't follow him a lot with Aston Villa this spring.

 

[Tyler]

Is he really that quick? Didn't follow him a lot with Aston Villa this spring.

Yeah, he's fast as fuck. Might have slowed down a touch from some years ago due to a lot of hamstring injuries, but he will still rinse a lot of full-backs. He's just not a great dribbler.

 

[DonAK]

Is he really that quick? Didn't follow him a lot with Aston Villa this spring.

He hit a top speed of 36.15 km/h vs. Brighton in August 2024.

Top five in top speed in the CL in 2023/24.

Sadly UEFA have deleted their speed stats from the CL season that just concluded so cannot find what speed he hit for Aston Villa three months back, but he'll easily be the quickest forward in the club.

 

[Porque]

He's about as quick as Ansu if you put him on 5x speed.

 

[serghei]

Rashford has the ability to make a difference vs better teams, which is what Fati couldn't hope to do. We didn't bring him only to do decently vs likes of Getafe and Oviedo.

If you look at Villa vs PSG 3-2, he had many good actions. Basically ran the PSG left side ragged, beating both Ruiz and Marquinhos with ease. Not many players on the cheap can have such impact vs such opponents.

Played a big part in the first goal, basically created 90% of the 2nd goal, had several other dangerous actions, some of which led to more big chances for Villa. That's what you want to see. I

People are underrating him based on his laziness, but he can be a big game player in the right environment, and I hope the current Barca is the right environment for him to pick it up.

We've moved from a bench warmer at Brighton, to a player that featured for Villa as a starter in CL quarterfinals. That's a big step up for a low cost. We saved 7-8m in gross wages with Fati, and got 3m for a loan. That's roughly what we're paying for 1 season of Rashford. For me, it's a big improvement.

 

[DonAK]

I cannot remember if he got injured or if Emery just took him off for no reason, but Aston Villa lost all the momentum vs. PSG when he made that change.

So in his day he can be absolutely elite, but we cannot afford him to have 10 stinkers in between. So hopefully he can be a consistent contributor.