Marcus Rashford (out)

It's not even that the wages are excessive (they are) it's that they're guaranteed. Why football has found itself in a situation where you pay for a players presence rather than their form I'll never understand. If Rashford had been on 100k a week guaranteed with the rest split as appearance and performance pay then we wouldn't now be having this issue.
Form is subjective, you only need to look at the performance threads to ss that, would you take a job where your wages were dependent on what someone thinks of how well you're doing on a weekly basis?
 
Should Rashford not be an ''outlier'' based on his current wage at the club? that's the problem, we bring up players like Suarez and RVP and somehow it's a bridge too far, despite you trying to prove that he's one of ''the best players who should be playing in one of the best teams''.
Because Suarez and RVP are better than Rashford. It's an absurd comparison. Prime Suarez could demand £500k per week in today's market. He would make more than Rashford. I have seen reports that Haaland is getting £600k+ per week from City. We have also been playing relegation level football for the better part of the last 18 months. Can you name these world class players in relegation level teams? Players also need the right environment to thrive.

There are players who earn more than Rashford. You act like Rashford is the highest paid player in the world which just isn't the case. If you are going to debate, you need to provide contex. You really aren't making the point that you think you are.
 
Get him out and off the books no matter what it takes. If he decides to stay then banish him to train alone when the team is off and dont indulge any press questions about him. Remove his name from everything in and around the club and pretend he doesn’t exist.

Tell em how you really feel then lad

Bit harsh on one of our own, even though he has fallen out of favor.
 
Because Suarez and RVP are better than Rashford. It's an absurd comparison. Prime Suarez could demand £500k per week in today's market. He would make more than Rashford. I have seen reports that Haaland is getting £600k+ per week from City. We have also been playing relegation level football for the better part of the last 18 months. Can you name these world class players in relegation level teams? Players also need the right environment to thrive.

There are players who earn more than Rashford. You act like Rashford is the highest paid player in the world which just isn't the case. If you are going to debate, you need to provide contex. You really aren't making the point that you think you are.

So what's your point? is Rashford an elite player who's going to tear it up in a much better side or not? I've made my points that real top talents can thrive in below par teams, you seem to be tip toeing around drawing comparisons with the talents I've mentioned when most people will agree that Rashford should be that player or close to it, as a 27 year old winger/forward playing for Manchester United, earning 250k-300k a week. We aren't a relegation level side by the way, that's just nonsense.
 
Form is subjective, you only need to look at the performance threads to ss that, would you take a job where your wages were dependent on what someone thinks of how well you're doing on a weekly basis?

I think most people's wage security is based on exactly that principle yeah, if you don't perform you don't get years of pay irrespective. Players are lucky they get a contracted guarantee wage but it shouldn't and doesn't all have to be guaranteed and it currently isn't hence they get less when out of the CL.

You've reimagined the notion of appearance dependent pay as if it's pay determined on the redcafe player ranking.
 
I think most people's wage security is based on exactly that principle yeah, if you don't perform you don't get years of pay irrespective. Players are lucky they get a contracted guarantee wage but it shouldn't and doesn't all have to be guaranteed and it currently isn't hence they get less when out of the CL.

You've reimagined the notion of appearance dependent pay as if it's pay determined on the redcafe player ranking.
Most people have the option to change their employer whenever they choose, footballers don't, that's why they have contracts that guarantee a set amount and + or - the performance related bits

The real issue here is the amount he's guaranteed

I haven't reimagined anything, the performance threads show that the matter of form is subjective, it's an example of why you could never base a players salary on just form/performance
 
I pop back in here now and again to see if there's any actual news regarding this matter and I still see some posters tieing themselves in knots trying to justify and defend this bloke.
He's taken a metaphorical dump on the club, the fans, the manager and his team mates and I for one detest the idea that he might wear the shirt again.
I don't pretend to know (or be interested in) the ins and outs of FFP or PSR but this guy should be either gone from the club or banished from the first team/squad regardless of all that stuff.
Nobody, repeat nobody, is bigger than the manager or the club.
 
Tell em how you really feel then lad

Bit harsh on one of our own, even though he has fallen out of favor.
Bit harsh for him to be performing poorly at the club he grew up at. Wouldn’t surprise me if he has anything to do with the leaks and the bad dressing room ego. Since he’s been there through all the managers since LVG.
 
Loan to Italian club could be good outcome as you'd think Rashford would be able to perform well there, and then a sale for some decent fee would be ideal. But we're far from it. Giving Rashford contract until 2028 and on such a huge wages looks really bad. Same for Casemiro's 4 year contract and big salary, same for Mount's (reported) big salary, Shaw...
 
93 pages and 10 million updates from media and all of this will result in a loan for 6 months to AC Milan with Utd paying half the wages. We may as well keep him and use him off the bench when your front line are tired.
 
Anyone else notice that the leaked team news has stopped since Rashford frozen out? Coincidence?
 
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himself.
 
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himself.

With the exception of the fires in LA, this is exactly how I see this panning out.
 
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himself.
I hope he saves those animals
 
So what's your point? is Rashford an elite player who's going to tear it up in a much better side or not? I've made my points that real top talents can thrive in below par teams, you seem to be tip toeing around drawing comparisons with the talents I've mentioned when most people will agree that Rashford should be that player or close to it, as a 27 year old winger/forward playing for Manchester United, earning 250k-300k a week. We aren't a relegation level side by the way, that's just nonsense.
My point is that even great players will decline in an awful team. The reality is that Haaland scores goals for fun at City but would struggle at United. Is Haaland not worth his wage?

We are currently 6 points above the relegation zone with a squad that cost hundreds of millions. We have 23 points in 20 matches with a negative goal difference. We are a historically bad team for a club of our size. It's just a fact.

Again, Suarez and RVP never played in teams as bad as this United team so it's an absurd comparison. Even if you want to compare them, both Suarez and RVP would earn significantly more than Rashford. They would both easily be on £500k+.

It's very difficult to judge our players because we are just a terribly run club. We have spent £1.6 Billion on players in the past 12 years and none of them have produced consistently. Even Bruno was awful to start this season. Common sense says it's no longer only an individual player problem.

All of you who criticize Rashford never want to admit how awful we are, so your arguments are disingenuous . Yes Rashford is responsible for his career but clubs need to provide an environment for players to produce. As I said before, Postecoglou said Salah would struggle at Spurs. Salah is better than Rashford and Spurs are ahead of us in the table. So even he agrees with me.

Send Rashford on loan to a better team in an easier league so he can raise his value. Rashford is capable of producing in the right environment.
 
As per usual we tackled this all wrong. Rashford should have been sold the moment managers started highlighting that he's got disciplinary problems. He would be rushed out of the door, we would have made a killing out of his deal, the fans would complain just as we did when Ince/Beckham left and somehow down the line we'll learn that actually the club was right in selling.

We opted to keep him way past his time which in turn ended up with the dirty laundry being aired and now the entire world know that we want to get rid of him and he wants to leave.

I hope we learn from this with Garnacho. If he's got disciplinary issues then we should sell now before this degenerate into another Rashford.
There are far more players with "disciplinary issues" than you realise. A lot amongst the best players. It's just usually they don't let it affect their performances. If you started selling talented players who had problems then you'd quickly be falling down the league.
 
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himself.

I saw a post somewhere that said every time Rashford has some especially bad performances that he gets called out for, he always turns up at a school shortly after :lol:
 
Yea
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himselF
Yeah this is what I expect. Fully expect him to recommit to United.
 
I'd say they've gauged the marketplace and he'll do a u turn and cop on, for a while at least. He'll know there's nowhere near the money anywhere else worth playing. He either trains and plays as hard as the manager requires or he sits out his career for however long. He's been coasting for years now, it has to end. The club have all the power here. It's a terrible contract but we hold all the cards really.
 
Hear me out, in 2 weeks, once he finds out that there is no real interest for him out there, he will release another impromptu interview while he is rescuing animals from the fires in LA and will say that his heart has been only in Manchester and he will fight for his place. This will be after he posts daily videos of him training really hard by himself.
Rashford seems a man reborn, there is a steel to his gaze and a determination that emanates from him. He is at ease as I speak with him at his home, dressed in Manchester Untied training gear and lounging back after offering me coffee. 'Sorry, we only have instant' he says with a half smirk. You can take the boy out of Fallowfield...

'Has it been tough, of course, but I have never forgotten my roots. I will never forget how difficult it was, how hard I had to work, to get here. I have seen a lot of managers come and go, but I feel all of them have added to my game and I can contribute. I am the first to admit there have been distractions this season, maybe more so than others, and I have struggled with illness as well.'

I ask what his goals are, what his plans are for 2025. Any New Year's resolutions? He laughs, looking out the window and seems pensieve.

'I take it one day at a time. I want to play every week and score goals for United. I have never wanted anything else.'

So the rumours of moves to prestigious clubs like AC Milan were just rumours?

'I just want to focus on my football here. Ruben has told me if I work hard, there is a place for me and I have never not worked hard.'

And what about all the external noise, the food banks, fashion line, are these things a distraction.

'I just want to play football but I will keep pushing the social impact stuff, the food banks and the book club.'

As always Rashford is happy to chat once the interview finishes, I sense he is ready to push for his spot again and hope we see him in a United shirt again soon. As I leave he waves me off, I see him wave in my rear view mirror all the way along his drive. Seeing him there, relaxed but focused, I know the boy who joined them a lifetime ago has another chapter to write at Manchester United.

- Henri Wynter
 
I saw a post somewhere that said every time Rashford has some especially bad performances that he gets called out for, he always turns up at a school shortly after :lol:
This is disingenuous though because he reguarly visits his old school regardless of form. That's just people who call anything PR. It's such an overused term on social media and just comes up when a person dislikes a player.
 
Rashford seems a man reborn, there is a steel to his gaze and a determination that emanates from him. He is at ease as I speak with him at his home, dressed in Manchester Untied training gear and lounging back after offering me coffee. 'Sorry, we only have instant' he says with a half smirk. You can take the boy out of Fallowfield...

'Has it been tough, of course, but I have never forgotten my roots. I will never forget how difficult it was, how hard I had to work, to get here. I have seen a lot of managers come and go, but I feel all of them have added to my game and I can contribute. I am the first to admit there have been distractions this season, maybe more so than others, and I have struggled with illness as well.'

I ask what his goals are, what his plans are for 2025. Any New Year's resolutions? He laughs, looking out the window and seems pensieve.

'I take it one day at a time. I want to play every week and score goals for United. I have never wanted anything else.'

So the rumours of moves to prestigious clubs like AC Milan were just rumours?

'I just want to focus on my football here. Ruben has told me if I work hard, there is a place for me and I have never not worked hard.'

And what about all the external noise, the food banks, fashion line, are these things a distraction.

'I just want to play football but I will keep pushing the social impact stuff, the food banks and the book club.'

As always Rashford is happy to chat once the interview finishes, I sense he is ready to push for his spot again and hope we see him in a United shirt again soon. As I leave he waves me off, I see him wave in my rear view mirror all the way along his drive. Seeing him there, relaxed but focused, I know the boy who joined them a lifetime ago has another chapter to write at Manchester United.

- Henri Wynter
This is great, thanks for the laugh. :lol::lol::lol:
 
Rashford seems a man reborn, there is a steel to his gaze and a determination that emanates from him. He is at ease as I speak with him at his home, dressed in Manchester Untied training gear and lounging back after offering me coffee. 'Sorry, we only have instant' he says with a half smirk. You can take the boy out of Fallowfield...

'Has it been tough, of course, but I have never forgotten my roots. I will never forget how difficult it was, how hard I had to work, to get here. I have seen a lot of managers come and go, but I feel all of them have added to my game and I can contribute. I am the first to admit there have been distractions this season, maybe more so than others, and I have struggled with illness as well.'

I ask what his goals are, what his plans are for 2025. Any New Year's resolutions? He laughs, looking out the window and seems pensieve.

'I take it one day at a time. I want to play every week and score goals for United. I have never wanted anything else.'

So the rumours of moves to prestigious clubs like AC Milan were just rumours?

'I just want to focus on my football here. Ruben has told me if I work hard, there is a place for me and I have never not worked hard.'

And what about all the external noise, the food banks, fashion line, are these things a distraction.

'I just want to play football but I will keep pushing the social impact stuff, the food banks and the book club.'

As always Rashford is happy to chat once the interview finishes, I sense he is ready to push for his spot again and hope we see him in a United shirt again soon. As I leave he waves me off, I see him wave in my rear view mirror all the way along his drive. Seeing him there, relaxed but focused, I know the boy who joined them a lifetime ago has another chapter to write at Manchester United.

- Henri Wynter
:lol:
 
Rashford seems a man reborn, there is a steel to his gaze and a determination that emanates from him. He is at ease as I speak with him at his home, dressed in Manchester Untied training gear and lounging back after offering me coffee. 'Sorry, we only have instant' he says with a half smirk. You can take the boy out of Fallowfield...

'Has it been tough, of course, but I have never forgotten my roots. I will never forget how difficult it was, how hard I had to work, to get here. I have seen a lot of managers come and go, but I feel all of them have added to my game and I can contribute. I am the first to admit there have been distractions this season, maybe more so than others, and I have struggled with illness as well.'

I ask what his goals are, what his plans are for 2025. Any New Year's resolutions? He laughs, looking out the window and seems pensieve.

'I take it one day at a time. I want to play every week and score goals for United. I have never wanted anything else.'

So the rumours of moves to prestigious clubs like AC Milan were just rumours?

'I just want to focus on my football here. Ruben has told me if I work hard, there is a place for me and I have never not worked hard.'

And what about all the external noise, the food banks, fashion line, are these things a distraction.

'I just want to play football but I will keep pushing the social impact stuff, the food banks and the book club.'

As always Rashford is happy to chat once the interview finishes, I sense he is ready to push for his spot again and hope we see him in a United shirt again soon. As I leave he waves me off, I see him wave in my rear view mirror all the way along his drive. Seeing him there, relaxed but focused, I know the boy who joined them a lifetime ago has another chapter to write at Manchester United.

- Henri Wynter

:lol: :lol:

I'll be infuriated if he's still here stinking out the place end of the transfer window, but we've sold Garnacho, who should be useful

I would have a lot of respect for Rashy if he came out and honestly said, I've lost all love of football and am going to retire because I realised charity work was my passion, or even that he needs a new challenge and will take a pay cut to go elsewhere

Instead we are stuck with him and probably can't shift him instead forcing us to sell players who are worth keeping, at least for now. Antony looks to be another we will probably be stuck with, plus the sick notes

The decision making around contracts and signings has been nothing short of a shit show.
 
This is disingenuous though because he reguarly visits his old school regardless of form. That's just people who call anything PR. It's such an overused term on social media and just comes up when a person dislikes a player.
It's great he does that, but at the end of the day, we shouldn't even know that he does that. But we do, because when he does something like that he blasts it all over social media. He's like that video floating around the internet a few years ago about some person taking off their socks and giving them to a cold homeless person. Hey it's great you did that, but posting that video of yourself doing that on the internet so millions of people can call you a hero is pretty self-serving and makes you more of a narcissistic asshole than hero.
 
Rashford seems a man reborn, there is a steel to his gaze and a determination that emanates from him. He is at ease as I speak with him at his home, dressed in Manchester Untied training gear and lounging back after offering me coffee. 'Sorry, we only have instant' he says with a half smirk. You can take the boy out of Fallowfield...

'Has it been tough, of course, but I have never forgotten my roots. I will never forget how difficult it was, how hard I had to work, to get here. I have seen a lot of managers come and go, but I feel all of them have added to my game and I can contribute. I am the first to admit there have been distractions this season, maybe more so than others, and I have struggled with illness as well.'

I ask what his goals are, what his plans are for 2025. Any New Year's resolutions? He laughs, looking out the window and seems pensieve.

'I take it one day at a time. I want to play every week and score goals for United. I have never wanted anything else.'

So the rumours of moves to prestigious clubs like AC Milan were just rumours?

'I just want to focus on my football here. Ruben has told me if I work hard, there is a place for me and I have never not worked hard.'

And what about all the external noise, the food banks, fashion line, are these things a distraction.

'I just want to play football but I will keep pushing the social impact stuff, the food banks and the book club.'

As always Rashford is happy to chat once the interview finishes, I sense he is ready to push for his spot again and hope we see him in a United shirt again soon. As I leave he waves me off, I see him wave in my rear view mirror all the way along his drive. Seeing him there, relaxed but focused, I know the boy who joined them a lifetime ago has another chapter to write at Manchester United.

- Henri Wynter

:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Just read that Milan will need to pick between Rashford and Walker because of restrictions over non-EU players so we could be diddled here, lads.

Brexit means Brexit. Thanks Jim.
What a decision. An uninterested Rashford or a past it Kyle Walker.

Walker with no pace now is finished , he simply has nothing else at all. We all know about Rashford.

Which half of the shit sandwich will they take..
 
The Glazers made many mistakes in the transfer market. But the biggest one is definitely offering these big contracts which broke the wage structure of the club and makes it so difficult to get rid of players.

Letting the odd player go on a free is better than these big contracts. At least, they showed some courage in not bowing down to De Gea & Pogba.

De Gea and Pogba should never, ever be lumped together as rotten apples in the squad. De Gea performed at an extremely high level for at least five seasons, whereas I doubt we could identify five games over his United career where Pogba excelled.

De Gea accepted a massive wage cut to remain with the club, even after it became clear we were bringing in Onana. Pogba fleeced the club of wages for the six seasons be played for us after we spent 90BP -- at the time the most ever spent on a transfer -- that was in the end nothing more than shoveling cash into the furnace.
 
It's great he does that, but at the end of the day, we shouldn't even know that he does that. But we do, because when he does something like that he blasts it all over social media. He's like that video floating around the internet a few years ago about some person taking off their socks and giving them to a cold homeless person. Hey it's great you did that, but posting that video of yourself doing that on the internet so millions of people can call you a hero is pretty self-serving and makes you more of a narcissistic asshole than hero.
Yeah but more I mean he does it even when it's not publicised. That was my point. But meh.