Marcus Rashford - signed on loan (injured - out for season?)

[London Villan]

It's going to depend on the end of our season.

Get a Champions League place, then it makes us very attractive, as well as rich. As we saw with Duran, there are only a handful of clubs that could afford him and he has pissed one of them off and would be very unlikely to move to man city or liverpool.

[danno]

If he does something remarkable, he'll go somewhere else. £40 million isn't a big deal these days

It isn't but add the £250k a week wages and it suddenly becomes a big investment. Coutinho's fee wasn't absurdly high but his wages were big.

[brontebilly]

Is he moving to Birmingham for duration of his contract?

[Dave]

Is he moving to Birmingham for duration of his contract?

No, but I don't think anyone would really expect him to would they?

[edgysatsuma89]

For some reason he's actually moved to the Shetlands, so will commute from there.

[Sexual Ealing]

I thought our players based themselves in Bahrain so they can get a strawpedo?

[danno]

It's a ploy to apply pressure on the government to get the Birmingham to Manchester part of HS2 restarted.

[fredm]

The reason he has become available is that Amorim has been told to get rid of him and Casemiro in order to get the wage bill down and also when talking to possible new arrivals the agents can’t use their wages as what will be required.

[Drummond]

I honestly think he will love it here once he has settled in, and we will quickly see the player he was a few years ago.  The contrast between us and Manure could not be greater at the moment - we've got a strong, settled and happy squad under a progressive coach, a club that seems to be working to a clear plan and a support base enjoying where we are without the sense of entitlement he has been playing under throughout his career up to now.

I've thought this a fair bit recently, but if you are an ambitious and professional young footballer then Villa is an incredibly attractive prospect at the moment.  We are playing at the very highest level, with one of the best coaches in the world but without the circus surrounding us you get elsewhere.

I agree. We have first class facilities to boot and behave like you'd expect a big club to behave without the circus that ManU has. Our management team are supportive and encouraging, and won't dig our players out in public, so we're a safe place for a player to be.

This could be brilliant.

[Nelly]

I saw Monchi said the same in an interview about how the Villa brand is making it easier to attract players. Could be corporate schmooze but it does make sense. Emery is a big draw and the club being consistently forward thinking in a sea of clubs acting like clowns has to count for something.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The reason he has become available is that Amorim has been told to get rid of him and Casemiro in order to get the wage bill down and also when talking to possible new arrivals the agents can’t use their wages as what will be required.

I wish that were true, Fred. Rashford's problems are extremely well documented and I don't doubt for a second that Amorim would prefer to have a striker at the club rather than having to play Kobbie Mainoo as a false 9. Maybe he wants to get himself sacked.

Casemiro's legs have gone and simply doesn't fit the system Amorim is trying to introduce there. They had their pants pulled down by Real Madrid and have had one decent season out of him.

[Drummond]

I saw Monchi said the same in an interview about how the Villa brand is making it easier to attract players. Could be corporate schmooze but it does make sense. Emery is a big draw and the club being consistently forward thinking in a sea of clubs acting like clowns has to count for something.

There's a growing number of forward thinking clubs, with good people, trying to do things in the right way, and we're a big club doing the same. It's bound to make us attractive.

Having higher-profile players in our squad helps a lot too.

Martinez, Rashford, Asensio and Watkins are clearly all in that top echelon. Mings, Kamara, Tielemans and Onana are there or thereabouts and with Rogers and Ramsey getting into better and better form you'd hope they will be viewed in that way too.

The thing I like about our recruitment is that we're signing and developing good people who do good things. Mings and Rashford are people who strive to improve the lives of others outside of football, and that stands us in good stead.

Now we just need to win a trophy.

[Dave]

The reason he has become available is that Amorim has been told to get rid of him and Casemiro in order to get the wage bill down and also when talking to possible new arrivals the agents can’t use their wages as what will be required.

I wish that were true, Fred. Rashford's problems are extremely well documented and I don't doubt for a second that Amorim would prefer to have a striker at the club rather than having to play Kobbie Mainoo as a false 9. Maybe he wants to get himself sacked.

He's got strikers, he picked Mainoo over Zirkzee and Hoilund against Palace.

Maybe Amorim just isn't as good as it looked like he might be?

[caster troy]

Just had a clip on SSN when he met OLlie at training

Must be nice to be surrounded by decent , family men and nice human beings he has met before through England camps

Tyrone
Ollie
Ross
Konsa

I think he may love it here away from the madness

I noticed he smiled instantly in his arrival interview when Mings name was mentioned. Maybe he can be a big brother figure and help him get back on track.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.