Rashford - New contract or sell?

[Adam-Utd]

Hoping the new manager can turn his career back around. He needs to relearn the basics.

When you watch somebody like Sterling, he still does the 1-2 give and go, the runs beyond the fullback without having the ball etc.

Rashford just seems to be a bit confused how to play unless he has the ball to feet. I think give him 1 more year to prove himself.

 

[Dargonk]

At this stage, he isn't starting and doesn't appear to be playing that well. So I'd have no issue cashing in on him, if a good offer came in.

 

[elnorte]

Yes I noticed and it's a shame so many are ready to dump a homegrown hero after an injury hit period of poor form

A very long way off if ever.

Regardless of this poll, he'll be here next season

It's that part that's the real shame.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

Rangnick or Rashford?

Oh just sod off with your whiny pathetic self pitying pr horse shit go to Newcastle, please just go.

 

[Godfather]

For better or worse there's no chance he'll be sold. I hope he can kickstart his carreer with us again under a new manager. I'm not sure he will though and I can't say I'm looking forward to him getting chance after chance and never looking the part.

 

[Laurencio]

Personally I'd give him a chance when Ten Hag or Pochettino comes in, but he's running out of chances.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Renew the contract, give it one more season. If it's still shit, then sell.

Say what you want, he won't have his shortage of suiters even if he had another subpar season.

 

[Rood]

A very long way off if ever.

In case it wasn't clear, the 'hero' is for his work off the pitch - even if Marcus never scored another goal for Man Utd I'd be immensely proud of what one of our Academy products has achieved

On the pitch, he deserves a chance with a new manager to get back to top form - if he's still playing shit by Xmas then a fresh start elsewhere will be best for all parties

 

[clarkydaz]

Renew the contract, give it one more season. If it's still shit, then sell.

Say what you want, he won't have his shortage of suiters even if he had another subpar season.

who will pay a fee for him and a payrise?

 

[pratyush_utd]

In case it wasn't clear, the 'hero' is for his work off the pitch - even if Marcus never scored another goal for Man Utd I'd be immensely proud of what one of our Academy products has achieved

On the pitch, he deserves a chance with a new manager to get back to top form - if he's still playing shit by Xmas then a fresh start elsewhere will be best for all parties

Usually i would have agreed with this approach but with his contract running down, we are in a risk of doing another Pogba.

So we need to sign him a contract and give him another year to sort it out but that approach looks highly unlikely

 

[mctrials23]

Renew the contract, give it one more season. If it's still shit, then sell.

Say what you want, he won't have his shortage of suiters even if he had another subpar season.

Of course he will. Want to pay us £60m+ and pay Rashford over £200k/week? He might be good. He was good a few years ago but now he doesn't seem to care that much and has regressed. Deal?

Rashford was a good player at one point but his current wages were a bet on him becoming better than he was when he was given them, not worse. Unless United are willing to accept a really low fee or Rashford is willing to take a paycut then I don't see who would buy him.

 

[hobbers]

Say what you want, he won't have his shortage of suiters even if he had another subpar season.

People said exactly the same about Martial

Unsurprisingly even PSG aren't willing to pay complete duds £200k+ a week.

You'd think the club that spent the best part of 4 years trying to offload Rojo and Darmian, and who will probably have to loan out Martial and still pay some of his wages again next season, would have learned the importance of paying players to their value.

 

[OleGunnar20]

Oh just sod off with your whiny pathetic self pitying pr horse shit go to Newcastle, please just go.

Agreed. If this is the truth (and it doesn't seem impossible that it would be given his demeanour) then get rid toot sweet. This club needs tearing back to the bones.

That being said I'd love him to get his head straight and turn it around.

 

[Jaae]

He will be contracted until 2024 so it's a no brainer to keep him next season and see if his form improves. If not then sell him.

Nobody is paying big money for Marcus Rashford whether he has 1 or 2 years left on his contract so we won't be losing much.

 

[McGrathsipan]

sick of the sight and the sound of him.

Play football to the highest level or feck off

 

[Brophs]

I’d just about keep him for now. But we need to stop allowing players to ‘nest’ here, with years at a time of bad form and protective contract extensions. We need to become a demanding environment to play football again and stop forgiving players years at a time in bad form. Look at our current squad:

Bailly is in his sixth season and we’re still having the “on his day…” conversation. Jones is here 11 years and, by my count, has managed 21 PL games since 2018. Shaw is somehow here 8 years and has had more bad seasons than good. Mata is also here 8 years, has looked the wrong signing for all of that time and could have been moved on a couple of years ago without anyone worrying too much. Matic and Lingard have outlived their usefulness to us long. Even DDG has gone off the boil for a couple of years (though tbf, he’s turned it around). Rojo hung around like a bad smell for years.

Until the standards at the club are raised we’re going nowhere. But I just about agree with @Rood above. One last chance with a hopefully top class manager next season (which he hasn’t had in a long time, if at all). If he can’t turn it around then he can have no complaints.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

sick of the sight and the sound of him.

Play football to the highest level or feck off

Absolutely this. Self indulgent woe is me, arent I hard done by circle jerks from this squad need stamping out, hard and now.

 

[cyril C]

His form has been nothing but shitty in the past 1.5 seasons, I don't know why anyone would consider giving him a new contract. No-one is coming in with any offer neither, there are far better players earning less than half his wages.

The only option is to drive him on training, make sure he should focus on his own training, nothing else but training. If he can't return to form next Aug, he won't find a club like Watford or Brentford interest in him.

 

[Castia]

He can go to Newcastle with his mate Lingard. He's been out of form for 2 seasons now and that back injury has done him no favours.

Seriously he's done, it would take a miracle for him to get back to a level where he's one of the best attackers in the league and he's on too much money to be a squad player.

Itttttssss tiiime to gooo!

 

[Elcabron]

Typifies all that is wrong at the club:

Doesn't work hard on the pitch - check
Overrated - check
Overpaid - check
Sense of self entitlement - check (if in doubt refer to his recent tweets about being entitled/concerned over playing time).

He was ok under Ole ball, counter attacking, ball over the top run on to it and score. Cash in and buy one of the Brazilians at Leeds or Everton instead

Despite all of this there is no chance we will sell him unfortunately.

 

[Garethw]

Renew on the same wage. He doesn’t deserve a pay rise. In fact he should be embarrassed to ask for one.

If he doesn’t agree to that then sell him.

I still believe that there’s a good player inside him.

 

[alexanderplatz]

Wish him well but think it would be better for him to move on. I have found a lot of his behaviour on the pitch quite hard to excuse. Losing the ball and just giving up instead of trying to get it back, aimless runs and a lack of intensity in general. The top teams don’t have that and if we want to be top then we can’t have prominent players doing this week in week out

 

[Jacob]

Renew on the same wage. He doesn’t deserve a pay rise. In fact he should be embarrassed to ask for one.

If he doesn’t agree to that then sell him.

I still believe that there’s a good player inside him.

Doesn't deserve the same wage either. Pay cut or go.

 

[Trex]

The votes are surprising, only this season has he been this poor last season he still got 21 goals, he has gone through a injury hit period. I think he can improve.

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

If Newcastle are coming then we must demand 80m-90m as part of English tax. They have the potential to be a threat, so it’s only fair we demand Maguire’s money.

 

[lex talionis]

A year ago I would have said that despite his poor run of form that Rashford is a prized asset. But whatever as it at the root of it, he’s just not motivated any longer at Old Trafford. The squad needs a rebuild, and all of us can count at least 5 or 6 players who need to go, Rashford being one of them.

Sad, but here we are.

 

[VidaRed]

feck him off already.

 

[fergiewherearethou]

The votes are surprising, only this season has he been this poor last season he still got 21 goals, he has gone through a injury hit period. I think he can improve.

Some posts here are exaggerated to say the least. Under a good manager AND in a working system he can be better.
He showed his talent numerous times but people seem to quickly forget the good parts.
What's wrong with him this season is hard to say, whether is mentally or physically broken but our fans should wait at least 1 more year before wanting him sold. Any player is entitled to a bad spell, I mean look at Luke Shaw...he had 1 good season in 6, but because that season is recent he gets a pass. Lingard had only bad seasons since he emerged and incredibly he is still here. And the examples can continue.

 

[Trex]

Some posts here are exaggerated to say the least. Under a good manager AND in a working system he can be better.
He showed his talent numerous times but people seem to quickly forget the good parts.
What's wrong with him this season is hard to say, whether is mentally or physically broken but our fans should wait at least 1 more year before wanting him sold. Any player is entitled to a bad spell, I mean look at Luke Shaw...he had 1 good season in 6, but because that season is recent he get's a pass. Lingard had only bad seasons since he emerged and incredibly he is still here. And the examples can continue.

I know right, I've been frustrated by his performance because I can't quite figure out why he's effort level is so low, but no way will the club be considering selling him with all the other players potentially existing, and I don't think they'll, even if that wasn't the case.
I can't forget he's good games especially in the big fixtures against PSG, Liverpool, Chelsea, City on numerous occasions.

 

[Banana Republic]

The votes are surprising, only this season has he been this poor last season he still got 21 goals,…..

When you look at league goals, last season Marcus scored 11 premier league goals.
That was only the 2nd season out of 6 full seasons in the first team (including his debut season), that Marcus has scored more than 10 league goals in a season.
The only other season was the one before, 2019/20, when both he and Martial each scored 17 PL goals.

This season, he’s scored 4 PL goals, with 8 games left.
Currently he’s on an average of 8.4 league goals a season, over his 7 season (inc. the current season) senior playing career.


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[calodo2003]

When you look at league goals, last season Marcus scored 11 premier league goals.
That was only the 2nd season out of 6 seasons in the first team (including his debut season), that Marcus has scored more than 10 league goals in a season.
The only other season was the one before, 2019/20, when both he and Martial each scored 17 PL goals.

This season, he’s scored 4 PL goals, with 8 games left.
Currently he’s on an average of 8.4 league goals a season, over his senior playing career.


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Feeds kids.

 

[Gazza]

Rashford is a left-sided forward, but we now have Sancho who seems a surer bet long-term, and Rashford's on too much money to be a sub, and I don't think he'd want to stick around if he wasn't playing most of the games. It seems he's never going to be a right-sided forward or a center forward either. It's hard to see how he fits in the team going forward unless he is able to develop his game to play on the right-hand side.

 

[Irwin99]

The votes are surprising, only this season has he been this poor last season he still got 21 goals, he has gone through a injury hit period. I think he can improve.

He has gotten a lot of criticism but his performances last year were pretty poor despite the pretty good goal tally. He had a better season before that. 22 goals and less appearances.

Pure conjecture but i've often thought that he's never been right since that back problem he suffered against Wolves. He looked uncomfortable last season and has looked thoroughly miserable this season.

 

[Marcus]

If he fits the new manager's style, then keep him. If not, there is no reason to. Same as all the other players.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Don't we have an option to extend by a year? Why give him a new contract when we can wait a bit longer to see if hes good enough to reach the level needed?

 

[Trex]

He has gotten a lot of criticism but his performances last year were pretty poor despite the pretty good goal tally. He had a better season before that. 22 goals and less appearances.

Pure conjecture but i've often thought that he's never been right since that back problem he suffered against Wolves. He looked uncomfortable last season and has looked thoroughly miserable this season.

I agree, he used to be one of the most hardworking individual in the squad.
He's young enough to turn it around and a good preseason under a new manager could be just what he needs.
12 month from now if he's still at this level then that's a different scenario entirely.

 

[Trex]

When you look at league goals, last season Marcus scored 11 premier league goals.
That was only the 2nd season out of 6 full seasons in the first team (including his debut season), that Marcus has scored more than 10 league goals in a season.
The only other season was the one before, 2019/20, when both he and Martial each scored 17 PL goals.

This season, he’s scored 4 PL goals, with 8 games left.
Currently he’s on an average of 8.4 league goals a season, over his 7 season (inc. the current season) senior playing career.


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He's number could get better, but he was more than just a goal scorer, he was our number one go to guy in big games, check his performance against the current top three.
Plus he was one of the hardest workers and most intense runners on the pitch.
This season especially has been frustrating but remember he started this season on the treatment table after that back injury not so long ago, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

 

[Bebestation]

I agree, he used to be one of the most hardworking individual in the squad.
He's young enough to turn it around and a good preseason under a new manager could be just what he needs.
12 month from now if he's still at this level then that's a different scenario entirely.

From the way RVP said it seemed like a back injury can alter the way you play football. The problem with Rashford though he is not a very precise player to play with things like a lower pace for example whilst someone like RVP could due to his technical precision.

Rashford looks less energetic after the back injury and its a shame. I wonder if Ole made something bad worse with his continual using of him too.

 

[Trex]

From the way RVP said it seemed like a back injury can alter the way you play football. The problem with Rashford though he is not a very precise player to play with things like a lower pace for example whilst someone like RVP could due to his technical precision.

Rashford looks less energetic after the back injury and its a shame. I wonder if Ole made something bad worse with his continual using of him too.

Part of the reason I want to see him play under a manager who gives precise instructions in every face of play, something he only got for a few month under LVG, plus also one who will demand a high level of fitness.
Next season is definitely sink or swim for him.

 

[Trex]

Part of the reason I want to see him play under a manager who gives precise instructions in every phase of play, something he only got for a few month under LVG, plus also one who will demand a high level of fitness.
Next season is definitely sink or swim for him.