Who replaces Rashford?

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We all know that Rashford NEEDS to be replaced - but the real question is, which young left winger with a good goals output can we sign to upgrade on Rashford?


It is impossible to get Vinícius Júnior, Foden, Doku, Grealish, Jota, Coman, Martinelli, Trossard and Diaz given the clubs they play in (in our rivals/ in clubs clearly better than us)
Heung-min Son is 32.
Sterling and Mudryk are both obvious no for class or age reasons.
Mitoma doesn't look good this year.

So the only candidates left are Kvaratskhelia and Leao? Are these two players available and will they fit us?
Or will we be stuck with Rashford/Garnacho combo for years?
 

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Why wouldn't we just promote Garnacho to that role who has steadily improved and is one of the club's two big young talents?
 

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What about Anthony Gordon? Can play right and left, amazing work rate, productive, young, will not break the bank as well (probably 50-60m)
 

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We should just play Garnacho there and sign ourselves a Trossard type of player for a low-ish fee. On the other side we can make a bigger signing if necessary, retain Amad and ship off the rest (Antony, Sancho and Greenwood I suppose).

Won't happen though. Rashford will stay.
 

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He doesn't need to be replaced, perhaps the manager do? Last season when we played more attacking football he scored and assisted lots of goals. This season our football is so negative that all the attacking players are struggling. Look at Hojlund he got zero chance most games.

I still believe under fluid attacking system he is still an asset. He is a confidence player, under the right system he will flourish.
 

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Yakuza_devils said:
He doesn't need to be replaced, perhaps the manager do? Last season when we played more attacking football he scored and assisted lots of goals. This season our football is so negative that all the attacking players are struggling. Look at Hojlund he got zero chance most games.

I still believe under fluid attacking system he is still an asset. He is a confidence player, under the right system he will flourish.
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Yeah only 8 years worth of underpermance, failing all of his managers is not enough to suggest that he is not all that.
 

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Surely if Rashford is to be sold his successor would be Garnacho. Is there a rumor out there that we're selling Garnacho? If not, why is this even a question?
 

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Probably not impossible to get Coman, but he's not better than Rashford. Not sure Kvara or Leao are, either.

Tel would've been an acceptable replacement, but it's not happening.

Maybe Rodrygo or Vinícius will eventually be on the market.

From the names you mentioned, I'd probably break the bank for Leao
 

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At this point, him not playing is an upgrade in 90% of games (I'm being generous).
 

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He’s going nowhere. He knows he’d never get away with the shite he serves up at another club.
 

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Yakuza_devils said:
He doesn't need to be replaced, perhaps the manager do? Last season when we played more attacking football he scored and assisted lots of goals. This season our football is so negative that all the attacking players are struggling. Look at Hojlund he got zero chance most games.

I still believe under fluid attacking system he is still an asset. He is a confidence player, under the right system he will flourish.
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Failed all his managers?! He was key player for all his previous managers. I think he only had problem with Jose at the end of his reign.

He is still a very good player compared to Martial, Lingard, Pogba, Sancho and the likes which given the club far more problems.

In a right system he is a very good player. Case in point, Sancho was much worse than Rashford in Man Utd but now is going to play in CL semi final for Dortmund.
 

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Yakuza_devils said:
Failed all his managers?! He was key player for all his previous managers. I think he only had problem with Jose at the end of his reign.

He is still a very good player compared to Martial, Lingard, Pogba, Sancho and the likes which given the club far more problems.

In a right system he is a very good player. Case in point, Sancho was much worse than Rashford in Man Utd but now is going to play in CL semi final for Dortmund.
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How is a player who offers nothing apart from around an average of 10 league goals a season (assuming his purple patch doesn't come back again) - no tracking back, no pressing, average crossing, no dribbling, poor link up plays, no physicality, no hold up play, with a declining speed a good player? He used to be good a few years ago but no more now.
 

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lex talionis said:
Surely if Rashford is to be sold his successor would be Garnacho. Is there a rumor out there that we're selling Garnacho? If not, why is this even a question?
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then we will only have one LW.
the ideal case will be to sell Rashford and replace him with another hungry LW to compete with Garnacho.
 

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He’s going nowhere. He knows he’d never get away with the shite he serves up at another club.
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Yep, grown up mollycoddled by the club. If he left united his status would fall off a cliff aswell, like his mate in seoul
 

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I very much doubt that Rashford will be sold. His salary is outrageous and pose too much of a risk for someone who tend to switch on and off according on whether he likes the manager or not. If he does leave then I'd go for Désiré-Doué and Olise with Garnacho being moved as LW.
 

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Kvaratskhelia for me. Not a guaranteed success but his ceiling is ridiculous if you can use him right. Love watching him play but maybe it’s just personal preference.
 

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Yep, grown up mollycoddled by the club. If he left united his status would fall off a cliff aswell, like his mate in seoul
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Rashford has scored 130 goals in a deeply dysfunctional era for United.

Whatever you think of Rashford, comparing him to Lingard is wrong. Lingard had hardly played in his last two years for us.

There would be plenty of big clubs interested in him if he was available in the summer.
 

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MancunianAngels said:
Rashford has scored 130 goals in a deeply dysfunctional era for United.

Whatever you think of Rashford, comparing him to Lingard is wrong. Lingard had hardly played in his last two years for us.

There would be plenty of big clubs interested in him if he was available in the summer.
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Not for the price and wages there won't be at all
 

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Sadly nobody. We'll refuse to let the dead wood go and he'll fester here until he retires.
 

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Like with ETH, I'm not sure about Rashford out yet. He did well last season when we had functioning LB's That has seldomly been the case this season. Garnacho is more a left wing than right wing so my guess and hope is: INEOS gets rid of Antony, buys a new first choice right wing that competes with Amad. Then rotate Garnacho and Rashford on the left. Or have Garnacho on the right some games. But with a better first choice right wing ETH could put Garnacho more as left wing and we know he drops players regardless of transfermoney: Antony is now clear 2nd choice behind Garnacho.
 
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Id wait to see if Hojlund is a good enough striker before getting rid of Rashford.

Hopefully Hojlund can get a few goals vs Coventry and get his ground running again.

Right now, its Rashford over Hojlund for me.
 

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Wilt said:
He’s going nowhere. He knows he’d never get away with the shite he serves up at another club.
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Bang on.

No other club would be stupid enough to give him those obscene wages for what he offers on the pitch. He'll have a few months of good form under whoever comes in and revert to type.
 

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CL G&A 14 in 35 games

18/19 - 16 g&a in 33
19/20 - 24 g&a in 31
20/21- 20 g&a in 37
22/23- 22 g&a in 35

I mean i can see he is over payed but i don't really see the oh he is always shit every season thing.

He does have off seasons but thats usually not just by himself either and the whole team are struggling.
 

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So long as he doesn't pick up an injury at the Euros, he'll probably play really well next season. He tends to either start poorly and get worse or start well and get better. He also tends to be pretty up and down year on year.

My guess is he didn't like having to play wider to accommodate Ten Hag's determination to play with two #10s this season and, person that he is, it was a bit of a downward spiral of strop from there. Would we ideally want players in the squad with that sort of mentality? Not really, but it's what we've got, and as much as loads of fans want to throw the baby out with the bathwater every season, we will likely have to work with what we've got to a larger degree than many would like.

So yes, Rashford "NEEDS to be replaced," just with a better version of Rashford. You could say the same for a lot of players in the squad.
 

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He does needto be replaced but he wont be.

His stats show 3 good seasonsin eight years, for me his performances far less.

But why are people struggling for names to replace and bean upgrade on him?

Garnacho is a talented teen in his debut season that has understandably been hit and miss but been more effective than Rashford this year, we have the likes of Amad and Lacey to come...maybe more right sided butprobably adaptable.

Nusa, Desire Doue, several names in South America getting mentioned....obviously young and inexperienced so no certainties....but bar thos 4 months Rashford has been dreadful...not average.....dreadful since a good spell when Ole first took over in 2019!!!! What is there to upgrade performance wise? People saying he is garbage and has to go....so why is he hard to replace? He isnt

Rashford, Antony, Sancho, Greenwood, Pellestri...maybe even Amad who may want to go.......That is well over £200m of talent possibly. With Garnacho and Lacy to come....even selling all those names, 2/3...4 at most to sign as replacements....we should actually be making a profit this summer rebuilding over wide players....and a big profit at that....IF we sold Rashford....again....wrongly......we wont
 

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Yakuza_devils said:
Failed all his managers?! He was key player for all his previous managers. I think he only had problem with Jose at the end of his reign.

He is still a very good player compared to Martial, Lingard, Pogba, Sancho and the likes which given the club far more problems.

In a right system he is a very good player. Case in point, Sancho was much worse than Rashford in Man Utd but now is going to play in CL semi final for Dortmund.
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Then I'm sure there will be plenty of clubs looking to buy him.
 
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