Marcus Rashford: Which club could the Man Utd striker sign for in January – or should he stay at Old Trafford? | Football News

Marcus Rashford’s future is uncertain after the Man Utd striker said he was ready for a new challenge – but which clubs would want to sign him in January?

The striker, who likes to fill in on the left wing, is now 27 and is set to leave the Old Trafford club after almost 20 years after being left out of United’s squad for Sunday’s Derby Day win at Manchester City became.

But the picture is complicated, with potential buying clubs having to weigh up the signing of Rashford with his likely financial requirements and also whether he fits into a position they need to strengthen. Ruben Amorim’s comments should also be taken into account. The United manager said he believes the team is stronger with Rashford…

Is there a Premier League option for Rashford?

Peter Smith, Sky Sports senior football journalist:

“arsenal Maybe it’s the club in England you’re thinking: maybe that could be the connection.

“That won’t be the case Liverpoolthat won’t be Man City given rivalries with Man United.

“And ChelseaThey have a lot of wingers at the moment. They also don’t pay the wages that Rashford will receive.

“Arsenal signed Raheem Sterling on loan from Chelsea in the summer and they see this as a good financial deal for themselves as Chelsea are still paying a fairly large portion of Sterling’s wages while he is at Arsenal until the end of this season.”

“Maybe they could do something similar with Rashford if it was just a loan deal to get him to play football and play regularly in the Premier League.”

“Arsenal also need some help on the left – Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli have not delivered enough this year.”

“But does Rashford do enough out of possession to fit into Mikel Arteta’s system?”

Paris St-Germain has long been considered a potential destination – but is the timing wrong?

Peter Smith, Sky Sports senior football journalist:

“PSG have just gone through this big project and are trying to get rid of all these things.” Galacticosall these superstars: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar…

“They didn’t want to be burdened with these superstars who earn hundreds of thousands of pounds a week. They wanted to bring in young, talented players like Bradley Barcola, who plays on the left side where Rashford wants to play.” In.

“Even if you talk about PSG, who I think have been mooted as a potential destination for Rashford in recent seasons – he scored a fantastic high-pressure penalty there in the Champions League for Man United, they saw that.” first hand what he can do – but maybe that has disappeared a bit.”

Dougie Critchley, European football expert at Sky Sports:

“I think in 2022 it felt a lot more likely. Barcola has been one of their best players so far this season. He scored 10 goals in 13 league games. Desire Doue is only 19 and can play on the left or as a number 10. They don’t really need another left winger. And I think that’s the story for so many clubs across Europe.

Which clubs in Europe would want him? There are a lot of good left wing strikers out there…

Dougie Critchley, European football expert at Sky Sports:

“If you go to Spain, Real Madrid got Vinicius Junior. They won’t move him on any time soon. And given his performances, will Rashford also move to a club of Real Madrid’s caliber? Unlikely.

“But then you die BarcelonaThey have Dani Olmo, they have Raphinha, who has been one of the best players in Europe so far this season. At Atlético Madrid, Diego Simeone is still sticking to a 4-4-2 but they’ve done it Samuel linoleuma really promising left winger on their books. They go to Germany, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane Bavaria Munich – You don’t need a left winger. Jamie Gittens is absolutely outstanding Borussia Dortmund. They don’t need a left winger.

“Lois Openda and Benjamin Sesko at RB Leipzig do great work there. You don’t need him. Even in a club like AC Milanthey have Rafael Leao.

“You get it. There aren’t really many goals for him. And the club that seemed probably the best to me a year or two ago was maybe.” Juventus But they have this young boy called Kenan Yildiz who got the number 10 shirt – the shirt that Pogba wore, that Dybala wore, that Del Piero wore. And he plays really, really well on the left side. So you don’t really need it.

“The clubs that Rashford would go to a few years ago when he was scoring 30 goals, when he was performing so well for England… that dip in form couldn’t have come at a worse time for him when the rest of Europe wasn’t doing so much “We have money available and the left across Europe is really well looked after.”

Is staying at Man Utd with the Amorim project the answer?

Peter Smith, Sky Sports senior football journalist:

“What I found interesting was that Amorim said he was looking for ways to get Marcus Rashford to his best level. I don’t think it’s the first time we’ve heard that from a Man United manager.”

“We know he is a great talent. That’s what Amorim called him: a great talent. But can he do it consistently? That was always the question with Rashford.”

“Of course you have to say that Man United have made a lot of coaching changes and a lot of personnel changes around Rashford during this time. Man Utd were not at the level they would have liked for the majority of that time.

“It’s difficult for Rashford and where we really place him in terms of his Man Utd career because there were moments when he looked fantastic. Other moments were really frustrating.”

“Now we have heard from Ruben Amorim, a new manager who comes to the club, who recognizes his quality and thinks: ‘I can get the best out of this player’. But many managers have said this before and haven’t been able to do it over a long period of time.

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