Marcus Rashford has announced that he will leave Manchester United despite his huge contract at Old Trafford. Photo: Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images
Marcus Rashford has announced that he will leave Manchester United despite his huge contract at Old Trafford. Photo: Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images
Sam Wallace
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If this is to be the beginning of the end for Marcus Rashford and Manchester United, then history will record that it was the player who blinked first in what could be some very messy and very prolonged negotiations over his exit.
The first page of the transfer rulebook is never to say explicitly that you wish to leave − even if you do. Yet in one interview Rashford has given away the advantage. United have never said that they wish to sell him, in spite of the well-sourced story last week that revealed the club were open to offers last summer for their best-paid player. In fact, neither United, the new Ineos hierarchy nor the manager, Ruben Amorim, have said anything on the matter.