The thought of losing Rashford

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Honestly wouldn't give a damn, if he left that just means he had nothing to do here in the first place.
 

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Could be just paper talk but rumours have it Barcelona have him on their radar. He's got one year left on his contract so maybe if the right offer comes in it could make sense cashing in this summer.
Personally I'd be gutted if he left. Not only that I'm one of those who feels pretty sure there's a hell of a lot more to the player than what we've seen so far.
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I don't think there's much more to him than what we have already seen in bursts here and there. He will never be an Henry or Ruud or Rooney type player. I don't want him to leave but I also don't have any more expectations that he will evolve much further than he already has.
 

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Does anybody really believe Barcelona are interested in Rashford? He’s nowhere near good enough to be anywhere near their team. If they were dumb enough to make a crazy offer for him, United should deliver him there themselves.

Unfortunately, I think United are stuck with him and his ridiculous demands.
 

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I think if he did leave we’d have to seriously look at ourselves as a club. If he was deemed good enough for Barcelona (and I find it hard to believe they are interested) then he’s more than good enough for us. He is still 21. Don’t forget that. It just feels like he has been around forever. He will improve.
 

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There's more chance of me playing for Barca than RashBonglahor. Him and his agent can do one if they think he deserves some huge pay rise after last season. Sell him and be done with it.
This.

The anti-English brigade on here will love it.
Not anti-English, just anti-Mediocrity. I think even Smalling is a more valuable player for us in his position than Rashford will likely be. Midtable striker in my opinion.

No need to stereotype every anti-Rashford individual as anti-English. I'd be happy if we signed AWB, and I have always maintained Smalling is a good squad player. English or Britishness has nothing to do with talent.
 

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I don't think there's much more to him than what we have already seen in bursts here and there. He will never be an Henry or Ruud or Rooney type player. I don't want him to leave but I also don't have any more expectations that he will evolve much further than he already has.
I am with Raoul on this one. To me Rashy looks Rashy and will hardly improve further significantly. He mainly relies on his speed, not the best close control and dribbling, no lethal finishing, average passing and ability to read the game. Praying to be proved wrong and eat my fair share of a humble pie.
 

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I wouldn't care. He's average at best. Just compare him to Ronaldo or Rooney at the same age.
 

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It's not really less time, Rashford's played 30 more games for us than Welbeck.
Yours is lazy as well. Rashford actually played more matches already (2000+ mins more) than Welbeck did.
It's less time in duration of time spent with United.
Plus the key that you're ignoring of Welbeck playing in a better United.

Welbeck has only scored a total of 69 club goals by the age of 28.

Rashford Is a mere 24 goals behind, at 21! Yet people are comparing the two.

It's a strange comparison just because he's also come through our youth system.

I'd obviously take a huge bid from Barcelona though :wenger::lol:
 

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I would love it (Keegan style). Not anti-english.
 

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I don’t want him to leave and as it stands he’s one of the few who should be given more time. We have absolute dross that should be shipped out before thinking of getting rid of the kid.
 

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Attachment tends to dissipate fairly quickly when a player leaves. There were a good number who questioned selling Welbeck and look where we are today.
 

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I like Rashford but losing him would bother me a lot more on a macro level (homegrown Manchester United talent leaves club for better things) than a micro one (Rashford as an actual footballer).
 

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This. His agent trying to get more money.

If I were United I'd call the agent/Rashy's bluff. As if anyone else will pay him anything like what we'll stupidly give him. Please.
Exactly this. So many agents in recent years have used this trick to get us to pay over the top for their players its ridiculous. How Woodward can't see through them is beyond me.
 

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No chance of him leaving this summer. He will be our main striker next season and hopefully will prove his critics wrong.
 

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It's less time in duration of time spent with United.
Plus the key that you're ignoring of Welbeck playing in a better United.

Welbeck has only scored a total of 69 club goals by the age of 28.

Rashford Is a mere 24 goals behind, at 21! Yet people are comparing the two.

It's a strange comparison just because he's also come through our youth system.

I'd obviously take a huge bid from Barcelona though :wenger::lol:
People were oddly attached to Welbeck....probably as a result of the old training video where Rene and Ruud were coaching a 12 year old Danny and Larnell Cole up. Losing him was therefore a bit jarring and hard for some to take.
 

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That’s just not a given at United. First team players here have been hitting a ceiling very quickly and then finding it unable to break through. That’s not just down to the players by any means as it would have a lot to do with the club’s approach to training and developing the first teamers.
But that’s a different issue, we shouldn’t sell what under any other circumstances would be a top young talent, because the internal training at the club isn’t getting the most out of our players.
 

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The thought of losing Rashford is a good one . A selfish brainless overrated player who isn't and will never be a prolific scorer
 

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Don't care. I used to like him when he broke through but he has turned into a headless chicken like the other deadwoods.
 

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Here's the problem.

Is he a talented kid with loads of potential? Absolutely.

Does he currently possess that killer instinct that our main attacking threats over the past decade or two prior had? Not in the slightest.

He's had a few decent runs of form but he isn't currently the man that should be spearheading our attack. He isn't consistent. He isn't clinical in the least.

That said, I dont want him gone. I like the lad and I think he still has a higher potential.

What I dont like is him being the number 10 at this point in his career and I'm super not ok with his agent spreading b.s. transfer stories in the papers trying to get Marcus a world class wage when he's, frankly, not even close to being at that level at the moment.
 

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Rashford is not that good. Rooney at the age 16 was twice a player
 

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It's less time in duration of time spent with United.
Plus the key that you're ignoring of Welbeck playing in a better United.

Welbeck has only scored a total of 69 club goals by the age of 28.

Rashford Is a mere 24 goals behind, at 21! Yet people are comparing the two.

It's a strange comparison just because he's also come through our youth system.

I'd obviously take a huge bid from Barcelona though :wenger::lol:
Welbeck played in a better United of course but we were not relying on him to score goals for us, we had much better players in his position. I think the main reason Rashford scored a few more goals is because we rely on him to do so and it's just wrong. I think we manage Rashford's development hilariously bad and reports of Ole seeing him as our main striker next season is worrying. He should be our rotation player but I fear he will be like Lingard, forever young and talented.
 

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I am with Raoul on this one. To me Rashy looks Rashy and will hardly improve further significantly. He mainly relies on his speed, not the best close control and dribbling, no lethal finishing, average passing and ability to read the game. Praying to be proved wrong and eat my fair share of a humble pie.
Summed my thoughts completely. if he loses a yard of pace he will be done. Kick and run
 

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Rashford is not that good. Rooney at the age 16 was twice a player
Rooney was a freak and it's a fools errand to set our standard at expecting all our kids to be at that level that early.

That said, look at the difference between Ronaldo 2003-2004 and Ronaldo in 2006-2007.

Now I know it isn't fair to compare Rashford to possibly the greatest of all time, but it does show the level of progression needed to be top of the pecking order at a club with expectations on winning year in and year out.

Anyway...like I said above, I don't want him to f#ck off. I just dont want to be seeing these articles and I don't want his name chiseled in to the starting eleven.
 
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Not really that bothered. Some people seem to hold him up as a talisman. Yea he's pretty good and English and came through the youth system and he's better than Lingard but that's not really saying much. If the rumours of him demanding 200k+ pw are true then he's can get fecked. He's just not that good and I don't see his peak level being that good either.

If he doesn't want to sign what we deem a reasonable contract offer then get rid. Greenwood can replace him soon enough.
 

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If he had taken the pens last season, and scored at the same rate as Pogba, he would have ended up with 20+ goals. Attitude would be a lot different towards him, even if his performances were otherwise identical.
 

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I’d be very surprised if Barca actually wanted him. He isn’t good enough to lead the line for us never mind them.
 

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I think losing Rashford would be quite sad. Not because he is a extremely good player or top tier talent, in my eyes he isn't.
But Manchester United is very much a club that has it's history in developing talents and the club and a large portion of our fanbase is extremely proud of getting players through our ranks and into the first team, from stars to squad-players.
I may say that Rashford isn't a top tier talent, but he certainly isn't talentless, his talent makes him a very usable player right now while he can improve to become a good first eleven player in the future. Apart from that there is the fact that our young players on youth-teams and future talents see that we do put a lot of faith in talented youth and that we reward them both economically & with a road to the first team if they are good enough. Just recently I read about Gomes saying that he always looked up to Rashford as he was developing right in front of him and that it motivated him to see Rashford get into the first eleven. That is extremely valuable for the future.

If we lose Rashford then I feel like his on-pitch performances and talents can be easily replaceable, but what he symbolises for the team right now along with his talent makes him impossible to replace in the short-term. Some could argue that Lingard could be that symbol, but I'd rather Rashford who is a better attacker now and with potential to grow gets to keep that role.

He really doesn't deserve to be a starter at the club (10 goals all season for a attacker), but he certainly deserves to be a rotation alternative and one of the first off the bench.
All this said, I'll add that I do not believe the rumours that Barcelona are interested in him, simply because I don't think they'll want someone with his level of close-control as a first-choice, and I doubt Rashford himself will go there to be second-choice.
 
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21 year old in a shit team, who has bags of potential and is one of our better players. Yeah, let's get rid of him.
 

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Barca won't be in for him, he's not good enough.
They already are apparently.

Also, the not good enough argument apparently didn't work when they pursued and signed the likes of Semedo, Malcolm, Lenglet, Arthur and others.
 

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They already are apparently.

Also, the not good enough argument apparently didn't work when they pursued and signed the likes of Semedo, Malcolm, Lenglet, Arthur and others.
Is there anyone reliable saying they want him or is it just the same sources that would have us buying 100 different players this summer.