Too soon?
His current deal expires next summer, the club has an option of year.
I say let's wait till Feb/March 2023 and see if he is still performing well, only then a new contract can be discussed.
Rashford - New contract or sell?
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Too soon?
His current deal expires next summer, the club has an option of year.
I say let's wait till Feb/March 2023 and see if he is still performing well, only then a new contract can be discussed.
With his recent resurgence of form and since it looks like he'll thrive under EtH then I'm all for a new contract - but the times of silly contracts are hopefully behind us.
He's on loads of money already.
He's on loads of money already.
Agree. Hes had a couple of decent games and like you I would wait till after xmas at least, to see if hes performing and scoring regularly. I wouldnt increase it too much either, 3 years max, not 5.
2 good games after almost 2 years of delivering brutal performances week in week out and already talks of a new contract. 
Woody never left indeed.
Woody never left indeed.I’m okay with a new contract but he doesn’t need an increase in wages.
He can stay here if he wants earning what he already is.
He can stay here if he wants earning what he already is.
In my view yes. Yes, he's added some goals ad assists but, for me, his overall performances have still been poor. As always, I'd love for him to soak up whatever ETH is coaching and turn a corner and become what we always hoped he would but he needs to earn a new contract. We need to see a consistent run of 'good Marcus' before rewarding him. Have we learned nowt?
Far too soon after a couple of good performances, only one of which was consistent throughout the game.
It should take a lot more than that to forgive 2 years of poor to totally abysmal form and prove he’s worth keeping on.
He’s being paid way too much as it is, so no new contract should increase his wages.
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It should take a lot more than that to forgive 2 years of poor to totally abysmal form and prove he’s worth keeping on.
He’s being paid way too much as it is, so no new contract should increase his wages.
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Give him a new contract, don't give him a higher wage. Ideally I'd like it more structured on performance.
If there isn't a place for someone as talented as Rashford around at United I don't really know what the point of the club is to be honest. He's more than good enough to be a squad player and he's Manc born and bred. That matters.
If there isn't a place for someone as talented as Rashford around at United I don't really know what the point of the club is to be honest. He's more than good enough to be a squad player and he's Manc born and bred. That matters.
We still control everything I'd give it another couple months and see how he performs. If he has a long stretch of good form then I think a new contract at very slightly increased wages will be fair, tie the money to performance bonuses.
Give it til January at the very least.
You just know they were waiting for him to have a pair of good games. We never learn
I get the reservations with Rashford, but some of the comment's here are acting like he's the only one that's been putting in terrible performances. Its been everyone, the whole squad, and to suggest not offering him a contract because he's been crap, well then we'd have no team left. He's been playing in a side terribly low on morale, no cohesion, no true identity or instructions tactically. He's basically been thrown on the pitch every week and told to win us games, certainly under Ole.
Going forward we are going to need him, he has the attributes to fit into a title winning squad, be it off the bench worst case scenario, and has shown glimpses of what he could do plenty of times over his career here. He's entering the maturity phase of his career and i expect to see him reaching a level of consistency under EtH that will see him provide plenty of goals and assists. He has a good attitude, you don't see him sulk around the pitch half-arsing attempts to press the man etc.
Offer him a contract, on slightly improved terms with good bonuses for performances and team performance, all of which should come to fruition under EtH if recent games are anything to go by, not just the results of 4 wins but we can actually see the patterns of play evolving, we know there is improvements.
What won't happen is a Phil Jones situation where he just sits on his arse and see's out every penny he's owed. If in a year or two's time Rashford still isn't performing or playing then i have no doubt he would be the first to suggest doing what Welbeck and Lingard did and leave to get the game time elsewhere. We literally have nothing to lose in backing him and i hope we do because i rate him and always have done.
Going forward we are going to need him, he has the attributes to fit into a title winning squad, be it off the bench worst case scenario, and has shown glimpses of what he could do plenty of times over his career here. He's entering the maturity phase of his career and i expect to see him reaching a level of consistency under EtH that will see him provide plenty of goals and assists. He has a good attitude, you don't see him sulk around the pitch half-arsing attempts to press the man etc.
Offer him a contract, on slightly improved terms with good bonuses for performances and team performance, all of which should come to fruition under EtH if recent games are anything to go by, not just the results of 4 wins but we can actually see the patterns of play evolving, we know there is improvements.
What won't happen is a Phil Jones situation where he just sits on his arse and see's out every penny he's owed. If in a year or two's time Rashford still isn't performing or playing then i have no doubt he would be the first to suggest doing what Welbeck and Lingard did and leave to get the game time elsewhere. We literally have nothing to lose in backing him and i hope we do because i rate him and always have done.
Or we trigger the one year extension and tell Marcus that they discuss his new contract at the end of the season.
If he is not consistently good then a new contract is too soon, opening talks now is ok though I guess.
It’s no wonder he’s playing well he knows he’s in for a bumper salary hike
we need to hold until January at the very least
we need to hold until January at the very least
Once a player is in his last year then the club is at his mercy. He can ask whatever he wants. It make sense to take the decision now as it gives the club time to negotiate from a position of strength
That doesn't mean that we have to throw silly money on him. Actually that is the point of negotiating early
To announce it, yeah. He was getting a new contract regardless of the last few games
New contract with £200.000 (weekly wage). At least < £250.000.
Else I’m ok if we let him go,
Else I’m ok if we let him go,
That sun article must be clickbait - 2 goals and we are giving him a new contract after last season - can't see it myself. Even Rashford must be thinking, lets see what's out there plenty of time to make a decision. Worst case scenario he goes elsewhere with a fat signing on fee and the same salary. Had a good start to the season, lets see what else he can do.
And piss him off, make him feel under valued and make negotiations miles harder in the summer. We will want to keep him i am sure of that, and delaying them further won't work in our favour.
It might be clickbait but we have previous form for this with OGS. We waited to sign a couple of players last summer to announce his undeserved contract.
Feel undervalued? What about him being shite for 2 years and that he couldn't be arsed to run on the pitch last season?
It's like arguing we should have given Pogba a new deal last year (we did try) after years of underperformance.
Keep calm and wait until next spring
He hasn’t even been good, he’s just scored a couple of goals on the break to gloss over what have been costingly bad performances.
I do worry that the board think that he’s a big fan favourite and selling him would cause uproar.
I do worry that the board think that he’s a big fan favourite and selling him would cause uproar.
He has been under performing in the past 18 months, so I hope no improved contract at the very least.
I think it's very important to get our wage bill under control. We were in a weak negotiating position this summer, so I'll excuse it one last time. And I don't mind signing a Casemiro on big wages, but if everyone is overpaid then we won't be able to sign talented people without giving them parity.
He should have a lower base pay, but more incentives for good performances.
He should have a lower base pay, but more incentives for good performances.
2 goals on the counter and voila. 2 years of jogging forgotten.
Let's see how he does for a few more months first. We have an option for another year so there's no big hurry.
Let's see how he does for a few more months first. We have an option for another year so there's no big hurry.
Definitely too soon. We can't forget he stank out the place for about 2 seasons.
We have an option to extend, we could afford waiting 3 or 4 months to see if his can be consistent or not.
Ideally, we'll wait till the new year before anything concrete happens. Let's see how his performances are between now and then.
The jogging hasn't stopped though. We wont play on the counter every match. He doesn't do the basics right. He's still dribbling into multiple defenders without looking to pass the ball. Really knee-jerk reaction of folks here and at United as well. Right now he is trying to book a place for the WC squad. Dont think Southgate will take him though.
It's so early in the season. No idea if he'll even start if both Ronaldo and Martial are fully fit. Narratives will def change about him at some point. Not to mention we'll probably go for someone like Nkuku or Osimhen next season, so our long-term front 3 is something like Sancho - New fwd - Antony.
I'd love to keep him around - his off the ball running is his best asset and can be very useful when we're playing on the break. But as we get better at Ten Hag ball and become more and more dominant possesion wise, his usual weaknesses will show up again (inconsistent touch, poor dribbling ability, can't receive ball in tight spaces and turn etc.)
I'd love to keep him around - his off the ball running is his best asset and can be very useful when we're playing on the break. But as we get better at Ten Hag ball and become more and more dominant possesion wise, his usual weaknesses will show up again (inconsistent touch, poor dribbling ability, can't receive ball in tight spaces and turn etc.)
Him and Sancho can fight for their future this season. One of them for the chop.
He needs a pay cut….
Pretty sure he’s one of the highest paid player in our squad.
With how he’s been performing, anything above 100k/week would be an overpay and he’s on more than double of that.
Sell him at the first opportunity.
I get that but there is players earning 350k+ in wages with players like Sancho at United now never mind players like Ronaldo.
We can’t exactly tell Rashford to accept 100k, surely.
Hes had 2 years of garbage followed by a couple of games where he has started to look like he is improving. Lets not get all giddy calling his recent goals a resurgence, and believing he is now deserving of a new contract blah blah.
He needs to deliver for a full season and then maybe it can be considered. This isnt prime Messi or Ronaldo we are talking about.
There's enough gametime for both to be fair
Yep. Please let's not let old habits die hard and rush out to give him a shiny new contract on the back of a few goals. We need to see more over a much longer period of time before negotiations can even be considered.
If we must offer him a new contract it has to be for less than what he's currently on, do not offer him any sort of improvement on that rumoured 200k.
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