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

[LeonW]

I think he’s been ok to good so far. His intelligence is clear and his electric pace is a threat. But I’m not sure beyond his loan whether he’s worth the wages and fee. He spends long spells completely uninvolved.

[PeterWithe]

The fee is fine and no-one, but no-one, outside of Saudi Arabia, is going to be paying him what he's on now. As I mentioned, you wonder, if he would accept a wage at or close to what we are already paying our big earners, if the club reckon they can make a lot of it back from the increased profile of the club. I dunno, I know he's a global star, but I'm not sure he's a global star to Villa fans, if that makes sense. Is he only a global star because he's the highest profile player of ManU. Can we tap into that, does he lose his marketing appeal if he signs for us permanently?

[Mister E]

We spent £20m in January on a guy who runs around a lot, chases everything, is really quick, seems great at getting a shot away, has played the best football of his very decent career as a centre-forward and was signed by his previous club to be a centre-forward.
If Ollie isn't fit enough to do an Ollie Watkins role, there's a much more obvious replacement than Rashford.

I agree, Dave.
Rashford has been an excellent short-term addition and undoubtedly causes opponents to think hard about how to defend against us. However, I think that his influence with us will diminish if he goes onto a full contract with us and we have several players who can offer alternatives.
In the summer, I'd want us to spend our money on Liam Delap, Asensio and a CB (Disasi might be that option; maybe not).

[AV84]

I wonder if he has any interest in holding "clear the air" talks with Amorim? Their fans and the whole culture at the club were as big a problem as Amorim, there were issues there before be arrived. According to the stories in January, he had no interest in a Saudi move, and getting back in the England squad was a big motivation for him. His choices to achieve these things, and be happy doing it, are limited.

[PeterWithe]

Although we have to remember that any story involving ManU gets clicks and advertising revenue, so they are constantly published, whether there is any truth to them or not.

[London Villan]

There’s a bit of gerrard syndrome where the football world seems to think we should be in awe of rashford. We’re not.

His £40m valuation is fair, but the wage he is on need us to qualify for the CL every season  he is here.

He’s been good and adds something to the squad, but Wednesday night’s performance has put a big question mark against him in my eyes.

[Mellin]

The size of the contract is probably going to cost him. Not financially, obviously, but in his choices around his career. I like him, he's done a decent job here, but there's no way we can afford him permanently and I'm not sure the inclination would be there from our side if we could (at that rate).

Best options are probably staying at United and try and make it work whilst he rides out his massive contract (I know I wouldn't be walking away from that), or another loan. Maybe back here. Who knows.

[AV82EC]

I think he’ll only come if we qualify for the CL. If he does come then we need to play him in his best position as well, as a left sided attacking striker.

[aj2k77]

He's alright and so is Disasi but with finances tight we should be a little more savvy and look for better value for money than those two.

[Rigadon]

There’s a bit of gerrard syndrome where the football world seems to think we should be in awe of rashford. We’re not.

His £40m valuation is fair, but the wage he is on need us to qualify for the CL every season  he is here.

He’s been good and adds something to the squad, but Wednesday night’s performance has put a big question mark against him in my eyes.

I’d agree that we aren’t in awe.  But you can see what he’s up against, with one less than dynamic performance against a side we were parking the bus for and the negativity meter starts to twitch. 

He’s done absolutely fine for us and will get a move to a CL club next season - I hope that’s us but I won’t be heartbroken if it’s not (so long as we are in the CL obvs). 

[Sexual Ealing]

He was hardly given a platform to shine in Paris, and was key to our goal.

[Rigadon]

He was hardly given a platform to shine in Paris, and was key to our goal.

Indeed. 

[olaftab]

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim will hold 'clear-the-air' talks with England forward Marcus Rashford this summer if the 27-year-old does not sign with Aston Villa permanently. (BBC Gossip from the Daily Star)

Is this a possible indication that we're not interested in signing him permanently?

We can only hope.

[rob_bridge]

Overall he has done well.

I still wouldn't sign him permanently.

He needs to get himself a season or 2 abroad.

Suspect he will stay at ManU and be on loan somewhere again come next January

[AV84]

CL qualification is the key to us being able to afford him, and him wanting to stay (although his options may be limited).

However, CL qualification may also put up his wages, as according to a Man U forum I was perusing in January, his reported wages included a big bonus for playing CL. He wasn't actually on the 300k a week this year, but he may want it next year.