My view is the same as it was 12 months ago.
If we are going to back him fully in the transfer market then I have absolutely no issue with him getting a new contract.
If we are not going to back him in the transfer market, then he has come as far as he can and we need a better manager who can squeeze more out of these players.
The bench last night said it all for me. We were in a European Cup final and we needed to bring on new ideas, creativity and goal threats and we had this to choose from:
Henderson
Grant
Maguire
Taunzebe
Williams
Telles
Matic
Van De Beek
Fred
James
Amad
Mata
Not a single striker to come on.
Two attackers, one of which is midtable quality, the other has about 4 starts to his name.
In terms of creativity, we had a player who had barely featured this season or a player who has barely featured this season and whose only claim to “creativity” is how creative he can be with his attempts to hide from the ball.
It’s a young squad with serious talent but we are not going to see the fruits of that talent if we don’t have the means to support and protect it. Rashford should not have been subbed last night, he should have been subbed and rested sufficiently this season for his body to not be so damn broken that he plays like a wounded cheetah, lounging about licking his wounds for 95% of the time before bursting into life when he senses a scrap of blood and then sitting down for the next 10 minutes.
We need:
Sancho
Varane
Rice
Striker (Ings?)