Marcus Rashford has join Aston Villa on loan. Twenty years, 426 appearances, 138 goals and five trophies later
It will seem strange to see Rashford – the boy from Wythenshawe, United through and through – wearing another team’s strip.
As recently as November, the idea seemed fanciful.
How did we get here?
In public, Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim tried to counter the view that he wanted to jettison Rashford.
But United insiders believe the former Sporting boss felt it would be better for everyone if the forward was no longer around.
Even towards the back end of last week, there was still hopeful talk of a resolution on Rashford’s part. Now the reality is sinking in. Amorim has got his way.
What has been very difficult to pinpoint, even though Amorim has given some frank interviews, is the detailed reasoning why the coach was so willing to let him leave.
It was all sparked when Amorim dropped Rashford for the Manchester derby on 15 December.
Three days earlier, the forward had หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล substitut 11 minutes into the second half of what looked like being an embarrassing Europa League defeat by Czech side Viktoria Plzen.
Rasmus Hojlund came on to replace him and score two goals to turn the match into a 2-1 win.
Rashford his omitted from 11 of 12 squads since.
The one time he did make a squad – the 2-0 home Premier League defeat by Newcastle on 30 December – he was left on the bench. Afterwards, Amorim was ask why.
When he had to address the subject again. Before Thursday’s Europa League win over Romanian side FCSB, Amorim seemed as if he was starting to get irritated.