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Hes never done badly but we lose our shape as, while he has a good 'weak foot', he usually cuts inside and can't whip them in quickly enough, slows us down
Thinks he's a really good 1 vs 1 defender even at LB
But the only full back who plays on the opposite side is Canelo who is basically a playmaker at LB and someone they're arguably trying to replace as they're linked strongly to Cucurella
He’s more than good enough to attack & put in a cross on his left, but also then able to cut inside into the pitch on his natural right & open up passing opportunities.
C&H reckons Rashford's price tag (£70m) and his salary demands will kill any hope of him joining us but if we did sign him I reckon Moyes would play him as a striker to give Antonio some competition
#dreamteam
We might pay £60m for a player but while Lingard's £100k pw is within our wage structure I don't think we'd match Rashford's £200k pw
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Can't just splash a (likely) record fee and (likely) record wage on someone who "on the premise his form will return"
He's better than he showed this year, his 2020/21 form showed that but even that season he frustrated a lot of United fans, don't think his overall game has quite kept up with the promise he showed at 18
He needs a new start, but also there are no guarantees it'll work out elsewhere.....for me I think it would be too big a risk
If Moyes thinks he can get a tune out of Rashford, I'm
Rashford really needs a move of some sort, I think it could freshen him up and make him find his football again, just as Lingard did. There may be deal for a large loan fee of maybe 10m for the season. Man Utd get some money and save his wages, he gets a new challenge and opportunity to re-find his form and the loaning team get a potential season changer without committing 70m.
If he does leave the Daily Mail reckon we have plenty of competition with Everton, Newcastle, Napoli and Inter all interested (although Inter would prefer to take Lukaku on loan)
Guardian reporting that Aston Villa, Leeds and Tottenham want to sign Sonny Perkins who will leave on a free this summer as we have failed to agree a new contract
Coleraine chairman Colin McKendry believes teenager Patrick Kelly will smash it at the Hammers.
The 17-year-old midfielder is joining West Ham in a deal that Coleraine hope will ultimately be lucrative with add-ons, including a sell-on clause.
Kelly, who signed a professional contract with Coleraine in October, will link up with his new club after his international commitments with Northern Ireland Under-19s.
He will join fellow underage internationals Michael Forbes and Callum Marshall in the West Ham Academy.
“The clubs have reached agreement and West Ham were granted permission to talk to Patrick,” said McKendry.
“They were proactive, easy to deal with and good with the player.
“He’s a project for West Ham. No-one knows what the future holds but Patrick has the ability to be the next big thing.
In the example of Rashford, if he is leaving Man Utd it is because he has failed to impress recently. Why should that be rewarded with the same salary minimum? If we assume that he is happy to leave, then he’s in a much worse negotiating position than when he signed his last contract. He signed his last deal in 2019, at the end of a season where he had 23 goal involvements in 47 games, was aged 21, and United’s big new hope. This season he’s had 7 goal involvements, played half the minutes he played in 2018/19, and missed a bunch of games with injury.
I would love us to sign Rashford, I don’t think it’s likely, but I’d love it. But if he joins a club with a much smaller budget, then he should expect a smaller wage.