Marcus Rashford (Out) | Ornstein: United want to keep, will only consider substantial bids

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You would sell the only player you have that you think you can ask 150m for, while keeping all others that you can't sell in bulk for 150m...I have no words
 

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The only person who should be deciding whether Marcus stays or leaves is Marcus himself.
All these posts saying take this amount or that amount are frankly disrespectful to a player that has given so much to the club.
He is within his rights to see out his contract of course.
He may have to spend quite a lot of that time in the Dame Judy though.
 

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Carry his club even through injury for years.
Carry us where? You mean carrying himself to a bumper contract after bumper contract way beyond than his talent and application deserves on the pitch? Jesus, what happened to the standards at this club? A player is taking the piss and has been for quite a while and people are still defending him.
 

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I see this thread at the top and assume there’s something happening…..
 

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The only person who should be deciding whether Marcus stays or leaves is Marcus himself.
All these posts saying take this amount or that amount are frankly disrespectful to a player that has given so much to the club.
His being treated like a slave is disgusting. Reminds me of Ronaldo all those years ago
 

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The only person who should be deciding whether Marcus stays or leaves is Marcus himself.
All these posts saying take this amount or that amount are frankly disrespectful to a player that has given so much to the club.
Or with new investors and with a proper structure in place the board make a decision to cash in on this overrated overpaid player who couldn’t give a toss about the badge .
 

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Carry his club even through injury for years.
Think you need to check your definition of carry.

And when he was actually playing through injury he was absolute shite. Europa final ring any bells?
 

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Think you need to check your definition of carry.

And when he was actually playing through injury he was absolute shite. Europa final ring any bells?
I should have known you’d be along! ;)
He was decent whilst carrying his injuries. He was shite the season after, when he put off surgery to play with England. He was then out til Octoberish and was rubbish for the rest of that season, as were the rest of the team to be fair.
 

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Remember when Fergie decided guys like Keane, Stam and Beckham weren’t bigger than the club?

Nowadays you have clowns acting as though spoofers like Rashford are. If that doesn’t sum up the standards of the past decade I don’t know what could.
 

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Or with new investors and with a proper structure in place the board make a decision to cash in on this overrated overpaid player who couldn’t give a toss about the badge .
Aye, I meant he shouldn’t be forced out by the ‘fans’. He’s been one of our most productive players in G&A along with Bruno for the last few seasons and yet some would sell both and have us scrapping in mid table with Chelsea.
 

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I should have known you’d be along! ;)
He was decent whilst carrying his injuries. He was shite the season after, when he put off surgery to play with England. He was then out til Octoberish and was rubbish for the rest of that season, as were the rest of the team to be fair.
he played how he should play for his position and wages. He didn’t do us a favour, he just did what is expected of him.

He has been bang average way more than he has brilliant.
 

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Those for getting rid...must also want a new face coming in.

I'd suggest getting rid of Martial, Sancho and Antony and bringing in a new face would be the better option.

There is a limit on how many fires Sir Jim can put out in the summer. Rashford genuinely is not that big of an issue, he's had a poor season (like everyone else) but he has shown signs of combining with Hojlund and in the last 2 months the forwards have been alright if not pretty decent.
 

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I'd suggest getting rid of Martial, Sancho and Antony and bringing in a new face would be the better option.
I'd sell Antony before Rashford, but the problem is Rashford has some residual marketability despite the horrible season and endless sulking, whereas Antony is a continental joke who no one would offer more than £20m for.

We could sell Rashford for £60-70m and use those funds to immediately improve the squad.
 

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James Beattie, Craig Bellamy, Kevin Campbell, Callum Wilson, Christian Benteke, Kevin Davies, Darren Bent, Kevin Phillips.

Just a selection of players who have scored more Premier League goals than Rashford. Yet we’re supposed to act like he’s an icon for a club of United stature, to the extent that we should ignore him walking around the pitch, disgracing the shirt?

United stopped owing him a thing the day he decided he didn’t have to work for it anymore.

There have been far bigger and far better players than he, moved on for far less in our past.
 

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Those for getting rid...must also want a new face coming in.

I'd suggest getting rid of Martial, Sancho and Antony and bringing in a new face would be the better option.

There is a limit on how many fires Sir Jim can put out in the summer. Rashford genuinely is not that big of an issue, he's had a poor season (like everyone else) but he has shown signs of combining with Hojlund and in the last 2 months the forwards have been alright if not pretty decent.
The problem with that is, you're lucky to get half of Rashford's fee from those players combined and nothing from Martial as he's leaving on a free anyway. Aside from the posters who go over the top and say he's awful, he doesn't care etc. there are some that believe that the club have to be a bit more savvy about letting players go when they still have value and when there is a calculated gamble in letting them go. Look at the players in recent years that left for free or very little when they could have been sold and who then proceeded to do feck all with their careers here (Pogba, Lingard etc) .This club actually used to be very good at making those calls with the likes of Ince, Hughes, Kanchelskis, Sharpe, and even the likes of Becks and Ruud.

We often like to think "what would Sir Alex do" but i doubt he'd put up with two poor seasons in three years from his most senior forward, especially having youngsters like Hojlund and Garnacho getting better all the time.
 

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Those for getting rid...must also want a new face coming in.

I'd suggest getting rid of Martial, Sancho and Antony and bringing in a new face would be the better option.

There is a limit on how many fires Sir Jim can put out in the summer. Rashford genuinely is not that big of an issue, he's had a poor season (like everyone else) but he has shown signs of combining with Hojlund and in the last 2 months the forwards have been alright if not pretty decent.
Reasonable and correct.
 

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James Beattie, Craig Bellamy, Kevin Campbell, Callum Wilson, Christian Benteke, Kevin Davies, Darren Bent, Kevin Phillips.

Just a selection of players who have scored more Premier League goals than Rashford. Yet we’re supposed to act like he’s an icon for a club of United stature, to the extent that we should ignore him walking around the pitch, disgracing the shirt?

United stopped owing him a thing the day he decided he didn’t have to work for it anymore.

There have been far bigger and far better players than he, moved on for far less in our past.
Are the players you mention all 26? Nope didn’t think so. Let’s compare when Marcus retires shall we. What a silly post.
 

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Are the players you mention all 26? Nope didn’t think so. Let’s compare when Marcus retires shall we. What a silly post.
No but many of them spent multiple seasons of their careers in lower divisions.

None of them were earning 300k a week either.
 

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I am 100% sure he's fallen out with everyone - bar maybe Varane.

Anyone going to Old Trafford at the weekend, watch the warm-up. Every game lately he comes out by himself, jogs around by himself - all while the other players are in little groups passing the ball around etc. He's a very isolated figure by seems.
To be fair, I remember Berbatov used to always do that in the pre match warm up. All of our forwards and midfielders would do shooting practice, whilst Berbatov stood around doing kick ups by himself. I wouldn't read too much into it personally in terms of friendships with his peers. Although I do agree that his overall body language isn't what it used to be - perhaps he may have fallen out of love with football.
When the hell did Rashford do that?
Pretty sure he played with a broken back in 2020-21 and in that period he had two 20+ goal seasons which got us back to back top 4 finishes.
 

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Always really liked Rashford as a player, even during his poor runs of form I defended him. For the first time, I'm getting fatigued waiting for him to become a consistent player.

It would be a very brave move to sell though, as it's not the right time in my opinion. Him and Bruno are basically the faces of United. If he leaves and starts smashing it at PSG whilst we are still struggling in the league next season - it would be awful PR for Ratcliffe and co. A lot to lose and not an awful lot to gain by selling, especially when there's easier assets to move on this summer (Greenwood, Sancho, Maguire, AWB) and he has so long left on his contract. Selling in summer 2025 would make more sense, if we decide he's no longer needed.
 

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Martial, is away on a Free come the summer. Sancho likely Sold too. If the Right offer comes in for Rashford I would sell too no problem. He is absolutely not irreplaceable Some top winding up on here. Rashford would prob benefit from a move anyway. We need a team that all play for each other and put a shift in. He a very unlikeable player now if he was ever otherwise i cannot remember it. As for bad PR for selling and then doing elsewhere thats right out of the Woodward book of contract extension giving. It will actually help the club in the longer term for selling players if when we sell that players provide value for money to the buying club. If every player a bust who would buy from us. Not that we have been any good at selling players since Sir Alex left anyway.