Marcus Rashford - signed on loan

[PeterWithe]

Don't know where this £60m figure comes from when at the time of the loan deal, it was public knowledge that we had an option for £40m.

Its not out of the question if he hits markers specified, for instance an England recall, X amount of goals or assists, CL qualification, games played etc. I'm not saying its right but its plausible.

[OCD]

Goals/CL qualification...maybe. But an extra £20m for an England call-up? Sounds like BS from Pro Man Utd press to me.

[Brend'Watkins]

Don't know where this £60m figure comes from when at the time of the loan deal, it was public knowledge that we had an option for £40m.

Its not out of the question if he hits markers specified, for instance an England recall, X amount of goals or assists, CL qualification, games played etc. I'm not saying its right but its plausible.

It's equally and probably more plausible that it's just some hack trying to chuck in a bit of bollocks into the mix.

[Drummond]

Or ManU trying to tell the world they are more savvy these days.

[LeeS]

If he ends up having a blinder of a season, scoring a hat trick in the European Cup Final, and United want him back (either to keep or to sell to someone else for a lot more) we could just tell them to give us £20m cash and we won’t exercise our right to buy.

[PeterWithe]

But an extra £20m for an England call-up? Sounds like BS from Pro Man Utd press to me.

Quite possibly, but a fit on form Rashford was probably in the £80m-£90m catagory (?), getting an England call up could be seen as an indicator that he's getting back toward that form so the price reflects that?

*Shrugs*

[PaulWinch again]

I’d be surprised if there are additional clauses purely because it is very obvious (and still is) they want rid of him. I would think they probably would want to undervalue him rather than risk deterring any buyers and end up not being able to shift him.

Might be wrong - and they’re not the best with decision making - but logically thinking about their overall objectives that’d make sense to me.

[paul_e]

Yep, I agree that clauses that increase the price so much seem unlikely given how desperate they are to move him on. Having him put himself in the window with some decent displays only to jack the price and make him harder to sell seems counter-productive. if it was £40m-£45m I'd be less shocked but a random 50% increase because of a couple of extra England caps or a few more goals/assists than expected doesn't really work for anyone.

[Dave]

If I had to guess, nothing has changed but the creative way that they're reporting the old numbers to squeeze a few more valuable clicks out the SEO-friendly names during international week.

"If Villa pay Man Utd £40m and Man Utd don't have to pay Rashford the remaining £20m on his contract they're sort of £60m better off, aren't they?"

"£60m, bang it straight on the back page"

[aj2k77]

He's not worth £60m.

[OCD]

He probably was when he was banging goals in for fun after the last World Cup.

[Mellin]

"The price is now 60m."
'No thanks.'
"Okay, you drive a hard bargain, my friend! Hahaha. 40m."
'No thanks.'
"Please"
'No thanks'
"OKAY OKAY OKAY! 40m AND we'll thrown in Harry Maguire"
*Hangs up*

Last day of the window deal gets done at 30m plus 125k wage coverage for remainder of United contract.

[oldhill_avfc]

I just wonder if this deal really stacks up for us and overarching squad strategy?

The deal is expensive, it's risky (track record of playing well when needs to get a new contract, then slipping back in terms of effort and performance) and he plays in a position where we have other options.

It might not be a case of having to prioritise, but if it was then certainly a new long term contract for Kamara and finding a better option on the right would be come higher on the list for me.  And if that then made it a choice between Rashford and Asensio, then the latter takes priority.

The only way I can see it stacking up is if Ollie is going in the summer and Unai thinks Rashford could play more centrally.

[edgysatsuma89]

'track record of playing well when needs to get a new contract, then slipping back in terms of effort and performance' - does that really play out? Have you been taking notice every time he has an improved contract in his career? Or is track record just once, meaning the last time, which could be an anomaly? It's still early doors, anyway.

[AV84]

Or ManU trying to tell the world they are more savvy these days.

Quite likely. It's possible we've indicated we're not buying and they're trying to get a better price than what they very publicly agreed with us.