Who replaces Rashford?

[Bondi77]

Garnacho and Amad goes on the right and give Amad the #10....simples.

 

[Sir Erik ten Hag]

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?

I heard Mbappe is gonna be out of contract this summer.

 

[Pintu]

Leao for me… but we all know Rashford isn’t leaving, and to be honest with him and Garnacho LW isn’t a problem that needs solving. We have other positions where we should be looking for replacements.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

He's right though. Rashford should be sold. Just one of many, sadly.

The whole point is that there is no right or wrong, you simply agree with his opinion. There are plenty of people who have a different opinion.

 

[Remember the geese]

The whole point is that there is no right or wrong, you simply agree with his opinion. There are plenty of people who have a different opinion.

But those who disagree are wrong.

 

[Red00012]

He won’t be sold because as bad as he is we’ve bigger problems . Martial, VDB , Evans , Casemiro , Maguire , Varane need to be shifted or will be released 1st

 

[JeffFromHK]

He won’t be sold because as bad as he is we’ve bigger problems . Martial, VDB , Evans , Casemiro , Maguire , Varane need to be shifted or will be released 1st

We are so obsessed with replacing our squad players (sold at peanuts) with new bunch of sqaud players (at expensive prices)

keeping almost all our (not up to standard) starting XI

 

[Matriac]

The idea is a bit out there I know, but I really think we should go with Rashford in the role that Rashford has had.

Add onto that with some different tactics and an actual LB starting then I think next season we'll see a different left flank.

 

[Hammondo]

He won’t be sold because as bad as he is we’ve bigger problems . Martial, VDB , Evans , Casemiro , Maguire , Varane need to be shifted or will be released 1st

Evans?

 

[wolvored]

Garnacho can play there and Amad and Lacey should be given chances next season. Amad especially otherwise he might as well leave. Wingers can and should be able to adept to either side really. Shooting from one side, crossing from the other if they are predominantly one footed

 

[Raoul]

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?

A peculiar thread given we don't exactly have a shortage of wingers at the moment. The statuses of Sancho and Greenwood aside, we still have Antony, Amad, Pellistri in addition to Garnacho and Rashford. Therefore the likeliest scenario if Rashford leaves is using Garnacho on either wing (probably left). If Sancho comes back then that gives us more options because he can also play on either wing. If Greenwood comes back then I think its Garnacho left and Greenwood right. In most scenarios it would seem Antony is the odd man out, especially with ETH's job on the ropes at the moment.

 

[ForeverRed1]

Dream signing woukd be kvaratskhelia from Napoli or Florian wirtz from leverkusen.

we can dream

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Nobody. Face of the club.

 

[sherrinford]

Matheus Cunha from Wolves. Left half space operator. Technical and creative, and a powerful runner/ dribbler. Been one of the standout attackers in the league from the games I've managed to catch. Would be expensive but has that little bit of stardust you won't get from signing the likes of Toney.

 

[TheNewEra]

Many of these threads are overstated imo.

What United need is a style of play.

Say we lose Rashford but identify a new style and play that way we might do better as a team than relying on a player who shows up every few seasons.

Liverpool lost Coutinho once and at the time he was probably the most vital cog in their whole outfit. Then under Klopp they bought very well and the rest is history.

I dont care who we sell as long as we buy well and make a team.

 

[MiceOnMeth]

I wonder has any club put in a serious offer. He's nowhere near worth what united would value him at

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He won’t be sold because as bad as he is we’ve bigger problems . Martial, VDB , Evans , Casemiro , Maguire , Varane need to be shifted or will be released 1st

As usual we won’t make the big decisions that are definitive in making a difference to the first 11 but tackle the obvious ones.

 

[lex talionis]

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.

Right, but the question is who replaces Rashford. The answer is Garnacho.

If we can’t sell Sancho and ETH goes, Sancho can provide cover for Garnacho.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Right, but the question is who replaces Rashford. The answer is Garnacho.

If we can’t sell Sancho and ETH goes, Sancho can provide cover for Garnacho.

Garnacho should be second choice imo. Ideally he should be cover. But I don’t see us signing two wingers as that would need, this summer.

 

[Pscholes18]

Chadwick

 

[JeffFromHK]

When there is such a significant proportion of fans (who supposedly want the best of this club), as evident in this post, believing that "rashford is fine" "we should give him more chances"
it makes it easier for me to understand why the United management (who have less emotional attachment to this club) keeps making decisions that hurt Man Utd.

 

[Snoopygossip]

Not suggesting that my Nan would be a better player than Rashford but I guarantee she'd put in a lot more effort than he does.

 

[superdry]

A cone, you would get similar performance but much cheaper wages.

 

[DRJosh]

I wonder has any club put in a serious offer. He's nowhere near worth what united would value him at

And not many clubs can afford his wages and those that can know better

 

[Hughie77]

My 6yr old Grandson, he will show more than this guy

 

[Ricardo de la Vega]

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?

I think Kvaratskhelia is a Man Utd player in spirit. He's got it all. Would also take Leao.

 

[soapythecat]

Fred the Red would do a better job at the moment. Every week i'm more convinced he's a must start 90% of games clause in his contract.

 

[pcaming]

Someone that can effectively dribble, has pace and tenacity, and is looking to create goals as much or more than their desire to score them.

 

[Red_toad]

Bring turn back Tony out of retirement, I doubt anyone would notice the difference in performances, but at least he'd make more effort to get about the pitch.

 

[Dve]

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?

Yeah, but we'd need more than 1 LW in the squad.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Nico Williams, Bakayoko, Soule (if you could get Juve to sell), Coman (pipe dream), Neto would all be good shouts for different reasons.

 

[Gandalf]

Daniel James, next question.

 

[CtrlAltDeLigt]

He’s been producing every season because our system is mostly catered to excel from the left for a long time.

I don’t want him to go, just because it’s only one season, but his style of play is really concerning.

We need a manager to use him the right way, in PL right now against low blocks, someone either needs to coach him right or get another winger with better ball keeping skills and more energy.

Only when the opposition plays high defensive line, he looks like a world beater at times.

 

[Bastian]

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

I think his situation is already quite toxic. The moderates have all turned on him. Surely more than 90% want him out. It won't be that enjoyable, so he'll be motivated to find a new club. The big question is whether he'll take a pay cut to leave.

 

[downunder red]

Anyone with two legs.

 

[ayushreddevil9]

He’s been producing every season because our system is mostly catered to excel from the left for a long time.

I don’t want him to go, just because it’s only one season, but his style of play is really concerning.

We need a manager to use him the right way, in PL right now against low blocks, someone either needs to coach him right or get another winger with better ball keeping skills and more energy.

Only when the opposition plays high defensive line, he looks like a world beater at times.

You started watching football in 2023?

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He’s been producing every season because our system is mostly catered to excel from the left for a long time.

I don’t want him to go, just because it’s only one season, but his style of play is really concerning.

We need a manager to use him the right way, in PL right now against low blocks, someone either needs to coach him right or get another winger with better ball keeping skills and more energy.

Only when the opposition plays high defensive line, he looks like a world beater at times.

Rashford is 26. He’s not suddenly going to become good in tight spaces and develop a great footballing brain. He’s a fast player with a good shot that thrives in a low block counter attacking set up. The only thing we’ll see is good patches of his counterattacking self intertwined with this rubbish one we’ve got this season. You can’t pay a fortune to a player who doesn’t suit front foot footy. He’d be at home at a typically mid table club.

 

[RedDevil@84]

I think his situation is already quite toxic. The moderates have all turned on him. Surely more than 90% want him out. It won't be that enjoyable, so he'll be motivated to find a new club. The big question is whether he'll take a pay cut to leave.

I think you are being too optimistic. He is not going anywhere on his own. The club will need to put him on sale and see what happens. His brother is probably gonna create some noises on social media. But I am sure the media will pounce on this to say we have lost the soul of the club by selling the biggest British face of the club and all that.

 

[Malons]

The problem is trying to identify similar type of player. When Keane needed to be replaced, Ferguson didn't look for a similar player to replace him. The idea Rashford's replacement has to have the same attributes might not hold and he might be a completely different type of player, with absolutely no interest in running into blind alleys, nor a care for stepovers.

The starting point that he has to be replaced by a wide-forward with pace, might be flawed

 

[yardieUnited]

All the players mentioned will cost alot of money, which is something i hope ineos stay away from.
Rather see smart signings.

Garnacho should be moved to lw and compete with rashford if he stays.
Amad and another winger should battle it out on the right