Man Utd: Rashford transfer ‘poor’ as Blackburn move more...

According to reports, Marcus Rashford is a “very lucky boy” for having left Manchester United for Barcelona because

it would have made more sense for him to join the Championship team.

After securing a transfer to Barcelona, the La Liga champions, Rashford has fallen on his feet. He has a £26 million

buyout option after joining the Spanish powerhouses on loan.

The Man Utd outcast is fortunate to get this move as he has been heavily criticised for his poor form and attitude

over the past couple of years.

Ruben Amorim could not inspire the England international to return to form at Old Trafford as they butted heads

before he joined Aston Villa on loan in January.

Rashford boosted his reputation during his brief stint at Villa as he grabbed six goals and four assists in 17

appearances.

After losing out on Luis Diaz and Nico Williams, Barcelona finally made the strategic decision to wager on him after

his recent surge in popularity attracted interest from other teams.

Barcelona is “getting the best of the deal,” according to former Premier League attacker Stan Collymore, which is

“poor” for Manchester United.

“This Rashford trade is bad for Manchester United, in my opinion. Collymore told Caught Offside, “It’s not

compensation at all for a player at the top of his career that they’ve nurtured to possibly only get £25m for him if

Barcelona buy him next summer, having paid an absolute arm and a leg in wages over the years.”

“For the player, it’s quite unbelievable. He had a poor last season at Man United, goes to Aston Villa. Cameo

appearances that were not particularly great, but by the way that Gary Lineker talks, you’d thought it was Lionel

Messi playing for Villa last season.

“For Barcelona, what do they get? They get a player on the cheap whose wages will be nowhere near the £300k mark

if they were to buy him permanently next summer.

“But they get the best of the deal, quite simply, because they’re going to get a player that’s motivated to play for them.

All that was coming out through the season last season was, Marcus Rashford won’t sign for Aston Villa permanently

because he’s waiting for Barcelona.”

“The best part of this narrative, in my opinion, is how players can be so impoverished for a few seasons—basically,

including the loan at Villa—and still decide where they want to go to a team that is competing in the Champions

League and is undoubtedly one of the top four or five teams in the world. And that’s amazing, in my opinion,”

Collymore added.

From Barcelona’s point of view, I believe it’s mainly because they’re still recovering from their bad financial

circumstances, which is why they’ve been scheming a lot over the past three or four years.

But let’s face it, Marcus Rashford is incredibly fortunate. If football made sense, he would most likely be joining

Blackburn, Norwich, or another aspirational championship team, which isn’t even among the top four or five clubs in

the world.

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