Rashford Rumors (or Caf discuss news based on Daily Express to suit their agenda)

[TMDaines]

A) What wages do people think other young talented players want to come to United based on what we currently pay?

B) There’s value in Rashford being club and nation homegrown for quotas.

C) We don’t need more money. We don’t spend it wisely as is.

 

[Siddharth]

A) What wages do people think other young talented players want to come to United based on what we currently pay?

B) There’s value in Rashford being club and nation homegrown for quotas.

C) We don’t need more money. We don’t spend it wisely as is.

Talented youngsters, wonderkids who sign from abroad can be on 90 kpw, which is mind boggling in real life.
Rashford being english and a decent hard working striker/ inside forward deserves no less than 150kpw with additional performance related bonuses. 300kpw talk is nonsense in my opinion.

 

[Trizy]

Either he believes in his massively overrating or he has awful people around him giving him 'advice'. Either way I'd thank him for his service and bite Barcelona's hand off for £100m.

feck I'd even bite their hand off for £50m. Rashford isn't a very good player regardless of how the British media portrait him.

 

[GBBQ]

Talented youngsters, wonderkids who sign from abroad can be on 90 kpw, which is mind boggling in real life.
Rashford being english and a decent hard working striker/ inside forward deserves no less than 150kpw with additional performance related bonuses. 300kpw talk is nonsense in my opinion.

Agreed, Sancho is earning £52K per week at Dortmund so upping his salary to £100K should be more than enough (with scope then to increase to closer to top earner if he proves himself from there).

I doubt rashford is demanding £300K per week though. He has potential and he is someone we should keep but 150K should definitely be his ceiling for the time being.

 

[GazTheLegend]

All of this over a Daily Mail nonsense and the typical CL knockout stage release to unsettle a player.

The daily mail are the absolute worst for this

That absolute trash tier garbage rag of a newspaper always, ALWAYS run something like this on the day of any important match for us.

 

[Havak]

I doubt any of it is true really, but we'll soon see.

I know Rash has exploded onto the scene more than Lingard, for example, but he's only just got his £100k per week in his mid 20's. It's going to be a very unhealthy change to the game with players under 21 demanding £200k. Obviously there are some clear exceptions (Mbappe), but getting £100k+ before the age of 21 seems ludicrous to me (obviously talking in comparison to good players wages in general, it's all ludicrous money in the first place anyway).

I don't think Rashford brings enough to us to warrant £200k and based on this I think he should be getting at best £150k, but when Pogba, Lukaku, Mata, and Sanchez are on more you can see why he's going to try and push for it.

 

[youmeletsfly]

If Barca offer 100mil we should bite their hands off.

Let's be serious, I think this is the best version of Rash that we'd see at OT anyway.

 

[charlenefan]

Anyone know what Sterling is on? All the club have to do with Rashford is especially and ask him if he feels he's worth whatever Sterling is getting at City

 

[deadrevelz]

The story is likely bollocks. Not just about the money but the idea of him 'stalling'. There is no better club for him right now than United, nowhere else would he get this many games and I'm sure he knows that. It's just his agent trying to get as much money as possible for his new contract.

He doesn't deserve 200K a week but it's all relative. This is why we need to sell Sanchez, get firmer on negotiations and also buy a better striker if possible. That being said, I don't think anyone would be complaining if it was 150k-175k a week. He has been our main striker this season...

 

[TRUERED89]

Anyone know what Sterling is on? All the club have to do with Rashford is especially and ask him if he feels he's worth whatever Sterling is getting at City

Sterling is on £150k p/w, I remember the media outrage at the time over those wages, seems insignificant now in comparison to what lesser players now get.

Correction: - signed new deal Nov 2018... £300k p/w

 

[Nick7]

Jesus christ, this place is an absolute mess recently.

 

[charlenefan]

Sterling is on £150k p/w, I remember the media outrage at the time over those wages, seems insignificant now in comparison to what lesser players now get.

Correction: - singed new deal Nov 2018... £300k p/w

Hard to argue that Sterling doesn't deserve that but refreshing to have confirmation it's not just us paying extortionate wages which is how it feels reading these forums

 

[steakpie]

Tbh I would take £50m for him too. Greenwood is a bigger talent.

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

The cheek some of our players have is quite remarkable.
200 pw striker would have buried his chance vs Barcelona.

 

[Hughie77]

It's bollocks, just to get more money, agents etc making it up , happened before , wise to all this now, but if true sell him for 100 million. ??

 

[Josep Dowling]

Think it's time we start to ask whether it's worth it to sign players for free? It makes all the sense in the world, but this is a prime example of how it can lead to disaster. Sanchez was able to get that much money because he was leaving on a free that summer and so he had to be offered an absurd amount in wages to be open to a United transfer in the winter. Micky was offered to Arsenal to make Arsenal accept the offer, and was a separate issue.

A player signing on a free has more leverage than someone else because the club no longer has to spend money to buy him. The positive is that you save money as a club. The negative is that a player gets on wages that their performance does not deserve.

In other words, players that come to a club through a normal transfers receive no benefit from the free transfer, only the club does. What 99% of players in the club do see is someone making wages gained through nothing related to their performance. This disrupts the locker room because wages are no longer resembling a meritocracy or rather those wages destroyed the illusion that wages were based on merit.

Surely Juventus could end up in the same situation with Ramsey? I doubt it because their club is not run by morons.

 

[Wibble]

Kinell. Rashford is the future of United. Tell Barca to feck off (assuming it isn't bullshit) and pay him in line with what he deserves. Concentrating on the figures is pointless because rationality flew out of the window a decade or more ago.

 

[Thiagoal]

Let's get some perspective here. Rashford is still very young and has shown (not consistently granted) elements to his game that suggest he could become a very talented top tier player. Added to this, he is Manc born and bred and always puts 100% effort in when he pulls on the shirt. How anyone could suggest that we should sell him- given the shambles our squad is at the moment is unbelievable.

 

[PaulRich]

Tell you what Marcus - spend the next two seasons banging 25+ goals in and then come back and knock on the door flower.

 

[Loublaze]

I can't believe people would actually want to sell our best young player. What next, sell Greenwood in 3 seasons to Real?

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Rashford is brilliant. Deserves better players around him.

People on here are getting stupid because of recent performances.

 

[Loublaze]

£100m Rashford
£70m Lukaku

How much would Mbappe cost?

A top player like Mbappe is not leaving PSG for United. I can only see City having a chance in England.

 

[InspiRED]

It makes sense that he's holding out for 200k after the contract we gave to Martial.

Incredibly inconsistent player who there is no guarantee will reach his potential. We shouldn't be paying for potential, in salaries anyway, and we should lay down a marker that the rot stops here. If that means selling Rashford, I'm all for it. The occasional good performance is not enough to convince me that he is the future of Man Utd. Sell him and if he becomes world class somewhere else then so be it. It was still the right decision. Club needs to stop paying for mediocrity. And whether you like it or not, Rashford's performances, over a season, balance out as being very mediocre. He is good in some games, and atrocious in others. Thats the reality and it's not worth 200k a week. It's barely worth half of that.

 

[Rockets Redglare]

Thanks to the Sanchez shit show every single player is gonna want double bubble

But the difference is Sanchez has proven himself for years at the highest level, and even though he’s been terrible he was one of the top 3 players in the league before we signed him.
Rashford has done absolutely feck all to deserve anywhere near that, so if Barca genuinely want him then they can have him.

 

[Andycoleno9]

What's with Barca constantly being used by our players to get a better contract? Have our players finally learned something from Ronaldo?
Wasn't Barca supposed to want Herrera in the 2017 summer also?

And Mata. And Rojo. And Pogba. And Shaw.

 

[Gopher Brown]

A few years ago I distinctly remember hearing that we’d be changing the way we do a lot of our contracts to a more bonuses based system rather than a flat salary rate. I suppose it’s hard to tell what counts as salary and what counts as bonuses when newspapers love to report the highest figure possible. The way some of our players play suggests their bonuses mean very little to them.

Rashford would be a prime candidate. Give him a £100k goal or assist bonus and a £50k salary.

 

[Ekeke]

Agreed, Sancho is earning £52K per week at Dortmund so upping his salary to £100K should be more than enough (with scope then to increase to closer to top earner if he proves himself from there).

I doubt rashford is demanding £300K per week though. He has potential and he is someone we should keep but 150K should definitely be his ceiling for the time being.

if there is a bidding war I doubt 100k is going to come close. Might be double that to make us the choice

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I've never understood the certainty with which people on here talk about the weekly salary of various players. As far as I can tell it's almost never public knowledge.

 

[Kag]

You’d hope this isn’t true. He’s fortunate to be starting for us as it is, never mind the huge wage increase.

 

[IrishMcD]

A few years ago I distinctly remember hearing that we’d be changing the way we do a lot of our contracts to a more bonuses based system rather than a flat salary rate. I suppose it’s hard to tell what counts as salary and what counts as bonuses when newspapers love to report the highest figure possible. The way some of our players play suggests their bonuses mean very little to them.

Rashford would be a prime candidate. Give him a £100k goal or assist bonus and a £50k salary.

As much as I agree with this in theory, can you imagine how much more frustrating he'd become with those stupid free kicks and shots from distance.

 

[Carolina Red]

As much as I agree with this in theory, can you imagine how much more frustrating he'd become with those stupid free kicks and shots from distance.

*Goals from open play only

And Mata. And Rojo. And Pogba. And Shaw.

Makes you wonder if anybody ever thought to call their bluff.

 

[shr89]

He is the antithesis of the Barcelona ethos as a player. If I was a Barca fan I wouldn’t at all be impressed even at being rumoured to sign him

 

[van Nistelrooy]

Bring back Welbeck!

 

[Steven-UK]

Just pay the lad, not coming from my purse.

No, but it comes from every season ticket holder like myself, which then ties up money for future wages. Rashford is nowhere near a first team selection as a striker, nowhere near good enough.

Think Sanchez, and then rethink your comment.

 

[edgecutter]

Once he starts producing regularly then we can talk about a new contract, but right now he isn't and his agent should be laughed at with those figures quoted.

 

[Godfather]

A few years ago I distinctly remember hearing that we’d be changing the way we do a lot of our contracts to a more bonuses based system rather than a flat salary rate. I suppose it’s hard to tell what counts as salary and what counts as bonuses when newspapers love to report the highest figure possible. The way some of our players play suggests their bonuses mean very little to them.

Rashford would be a prime candidate. Give him a £100k goal or assist bonus and a £50k salary.

The money we'd save

 

[fallengt]

Rashford deserves whatever wage Sanchez is on.
He's leading the line of 6th best club in England this season after all. I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[Silas]

Rashford deserves whatever wage Sanchez is on.
He's leading the line of 6th best club in England this season after all. I don't see anything wrong with it.

What has he done to deserve it?

 

[Shane88]

We're being bent over by every average prick in the land.

 

[Ciddy]

Not just Rashford but any player in this squad that thinks they deserve more money needs to start earning it. If someone wants to pay them more then we need to stop being THAT club that can simply pay more. I'd rather we ditch half this squad and bring in players they actually want to play and work hard for the club. Many of them don't seem to want that right now. They want their millions for nothing. Hell, until we've actually caught up with those that are leading the league right now, make the contracts performance based.