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In an alternate universe, will Rashford starts for other Europe's elite club?
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He would walk into that Madrid side.
For a change in global tactics, there are actually few pacy inside forwards who score goals and assists and kills sides on transitions and can play in a fluid formation to boot. City have to get a young winger from Spain, Bayern are picking those players up from bargain bins and are obsessed with CHO because theres so few out there. Pep would love him, excellent wide man and cover for Aguero. The perfect player for their squad.
We are lucky to have him.
I mean, that's not saying much.
It's like "IF we take an elite club that has a current player in Rashford's position who aren't up scratch by that club's standards, then Rashford starts!".
I imagine the whole question of "elite'" club is that we should be talking about teams that have top class players that match what they want from that position - hence Mane, hence Sterling, hence, Neymar, and Bayern's wingers. And Rashford as good a young footballer as he is, doesnt get into those teams as a first choice starter.
Maybe in a few years.
Premier League and Ligue 1?
In an alternate universe, Rashford is a manager and his captain is Brendan Rodgers. Vice captain? Moyes.
He absolutely would get in front of Sterling.
The guy is utter crap and benefits from Guardiolas possession football and scoring tap in after tap in from De Bryune and Silva's last season partnership.
United fans have a way of underrating their players this days,we watch them play every week and only watch highlights of others imagine if a player from another club scored that free kick vs Chelsea last season plus the other goals he scored against the rent boys,put in that match winning performance against spurs,the goal vs Liverpool, the winner vs PSG even when out of form,from his debut till now Rashford is one of best big game performer in Europe, he is still only 22,would you swap him for Bayern's Coman,Gnabry or Sane or Barca Dembele or Sterling or current Hazard or Vinicious,i know I wouldn't.He is our player,home grown,super talented, still improving,already proven enough,we should be buzzing we have him because it would have cost 150m to get him
The length some United posters will go to downplay Rashford!
The question is not if he would start ahead of Neymar or in form Hazard, the question is if he would start for other European elite clubs and the simple answer is yes, he would start for most of them.
I mean for sure he wouldn’t start at United ahead of an inform and prime Giggs either, but that’s as irrelevant here.
He's an excellent player but he wouldn't start for the best or at least the teams with the net LWs. Same with Martial.
He would be an automatic starter near enough anywhere. He would possibly struggle to start for City, Liverpool and Bayern, but at the very least he would give his respective manager's a huge headache. At best, they would tweak their systems to accommodate him among their other forward options.
Name one team Rashford wouldn't start for.
Liverpool
If he was at Liverpool he would be rotated with Mane and Salah same as City rotate their forwards any side that makes views him as just a sub would loose him,a 22yr old winger with his stats and match winning ability is to good for that
Firmino. Trash. Next.
I think a lot of teams would be after him around the 60/70 mill mark, not sure any higher.
You think Rashford would be benched for Icardi?
PSG are very interested. Apparently he would replace Mbappe.
Raiola has already offered him his "services"
Raiola has already offered him his "services"
Rashford's next move is to renounce his football career in 2023 and to stand as an independent parliamentary candidate for Wythenshawe at the next GE in 2024...how's that for hypothetical?
Rashford has an elite mentality, keeps going and going even when he is having a poor game. That is a key reason why so many in the game rate him highly, he is player you can count on to always be engaged and play for the team. The type of personality and attitude that benefits every team. Bruno is the same, there are many more talented players who play in attacking roles around Europe but they don't have his mindset and leadership.
It is not just about technical ability, and Rashford is well above average technically.
It is not just about technical ability, and Rashford is well above average technically.
I couldn't say.
Hazard isn't top class anymore. He is shit, fat and constantly injured. You're thinking of him at Chelsea at his peak. That player never showed up once for Real Madrid.
Seems the creator of this thread has a problem with Rashford starting regularly for us.
No way. Just a reminder that we have a great player in our team.
We tend to be so critical sometimes about Rashford/Martial/Pogba or any quality players we have.
I know that.
I feel Rashford is better than Sterling. But Sterling is much much better coached and plays in a propper team and system.
At the moment big NO.I think he is late bloomer, he will explode in few years.
Of all the top clubs that you mentioned, only Atletico suit him, and only RM can afford such a luxury backup.
Bayern are already so stacked on the wings, the thought that Rashford would get much game time at all over there is laughable.
As you said, Atletico is the logical choice because of their counter-attacking style, but dropping Costa for Rashford means they lose their only hold-up player.
So Rashford would have no problem starting for Real Madrid IMHO
Costa doesn't start for them anymore already
Definitely yes.
Probably only at PSG he won't start, since having Neymar-Rashford-Mbappe at the same time seems imbalance thus unlikely, and the duo are too expensive so no way they're getting dropped. Other top/elite clubs? oh for sure unless the managers/coaches are idiots or have agendas against him.
Rashford is actually that good, just that we as United fans tend to have higher standard and so can be over critical at times.
At his age combine with his abilities, he is definitely the right kind of player you would want to build your team around, long term too.
EDIT: Also Liverpool too I suppose, considering Firmino playing a unique key supporting role as CF unless Klopp change the system slightly, but Rashford long term can easily replace either one of Mane and Salah.
Probably only at PSG he won't start, since having Neymar-Rashford-Mbappe at the same time seems imbalance thus unlikely, and the duo are too expensive so no way they're getting dropped. Other top/elite clubs? oh for sure unless the managers/coaches are idiots or have agendas against him.
Rashford is actually that good, just that we as United fans tend to have higher standard and so can be over critical at times.
At his age combine with his abilities, he is definitely the right kind of player you would want to build your team around, long term too.
EDIT: Also Liverpool too I suppose, considering Firmino playing a unique key supporting role as CF unless Klopp change the system slightly, but Rashford long term can easily replace either one of Mane and Salah.
Nor they can afford Rashford
On paper he’d a regular starter or heavily used rotation player at all top clubs. But the thing about on paper is that quite often on paper doesn’t translate into reality. So hopefully we’ll never find out how he’ll do at other clubs and only know that’s he’s one of the worlds best players at United.
He'd start at Barcelona, Madrid and PSG. Anyone who says otherwise are extremely deluded and haven't seen the aforementioned sides in the last twelve months. Probably Bayern and Pool are the only two sides where he wouldn't start.
How can that be when a fraud coac... Ah forget it
At worst he's a quality player you bring off the bench for any top side. We're lucky to have him
Interested in hearing how other fans rate him
Well, to put it other way, Southampton will not swap him for Ings.
Plenty of our players would.
The Manchester United fanbase spends a lot of time making it look like our managers are working with shit players. When it's quite obviously false. Our best players are far from the problem, and the overall quality of the squad far exceeds the quality of the managers that have been in charge of them for the last 4 years.
The Manchester United fanbase spends a lot of time making it look like our managers are working with shit players. When it's quite obviously false. Our best players are far from the problem, and the overall quality of the squad far exceeds the quality of the managers that have been in charge of them for the last 4 years.
Scary to think what a catalyst like Klopp could do for Rashford.
Alot of fans including myself tend to underrate our own players but as said the grass isn't always greener.