Where next for Marcus Rashford? Arsenal, Tottenham and PSG transfers assessed
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Marcus Rashford has revealed he wants to leave Manchester United to seek a fresh start. “For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps,” he said on Tuesday, two days after being left out of United’s squad for the Manchester derby win over Man City.
“When I leave, it's going to be ‘no hard feelings’. You’re not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United.”. At 27 years old, Rashford should be enjoying his peak years as a footballer, yet his star has fallen drastically since signing a new contract worth a reported £325,000 a week in July 2023.
Here, Standard Sport considers some of the options for Rashford, who won’t come cheap, in January or beyond. The Emirates has proven a safe haven in recent years for attacking players, such as Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard, whose careers had stalled before they joined Arsenal.
With this in mind, could Mikel Arteta and Arsenal offer Rashford the chance to get back on track?. Raheem Sterling is perhaps the case study for Rashford to assess having arrived on loan from Chelsea in the summer, on similarly exorbitant wages, and looking for a fresh start on the wing of a Premier League giant.
Though Sterling has admittedly been used very little, if the Gunners find themselves in the market for another winger, they could do worse than to consider poaching Rashford from rivals United should the price be right. A very similar situation is possible at Tottenham, who are extremely unlikely to extend or make permanent Timo Werner’s year-and-a-half-long loan from RB Leipzig when it expires in July, especially after Ange Postecoglou described his performance at Rangers as “unacceptable”.
