Ten Hag’s stance on promoting Rashford with Man Utd pair ‘nonetheless barely speaking’
Erik ten Hag has spoken about the potential of Marcus Rashford leaving Manchester United this summer season amid whispers of their more and more strained relationship.
Rashford has been in poor kind all season, with simply seven targets to his identify in all competitions. Reports linking him with an end-of-season departure have intensified in the previous couple of weeks, with long-term admirers PSG lining up an £80million swoop for the 26-year-old.
But Ten Hag insists Rashford goes nowhere, citing the truth that he signed a bumper £325,000-a-week contract final 12 months, tying him all the way down to the membership till 2028.
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Speaking forward of United’s FA Cup conflict with Liverpool, the Dutchman stated: “We did not sign [Rashford] last season for five years with the intention to sell him now. He should be part of this project. It is not a subject we talk about.”
Assurances over Rashford’s future apart, participant and supervisor have reportedly barely spoken prior to now few weeks. Their relationship hasn’t been the identical since Rashford known as in sick after a boozy night time out in Belfast again in January – and was subsequently dropped for his or her FA Cup tie with Newport County.
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They’ve since put the problem behind them, although it is understood a frostiness stays between the pair.
In spite of their ongoing struggles, United have a few probabilities to finish the season on a excessive. Victory over Liverpool on Sunday would see them transfer to inside two wins of FA Cup glory, and so they’re nonetheless clinging onto the race for a Champions League spot, with simply eight factors separating them and present fourth place holders Aston Villa.
Rashford has scored 130 occasions in 393 video games for the Red Devils, making him the membership’s Twelfth-highest goalscorer of all time – and also you’d think about he’d must get near 140 earlier than season’s finish for United obtain each aforementioned targets.
