Unai Emery and the Aston Villa management knew very well what potential Rashford represents, even without match training since the first part of December. They also knew that Rashford is a player who can’t deliver at his best if he doesn’t thrive. Aston Villa signed Rashford on loan and set things up perfectly. Four games after the transfer, the 27-year-old has played his way to the top of a very important statistic. This has caused the United player to open another door.
Against Chelsea, Rashford provided two assists in what ended in a resounding 2-1 win against Chelsea. At that time, the statistics company Opta took a status report on the 27-year-old, which the management at United, Aston Villa, Barcelona and Bayern Munich surely took note of.
With this, Rashford has during his total of 157 minutes on the pitch in a Villa shirt created the most in the Premier League:
So if this continues (got 22 minutes against Crystal Palace, but couldn’t prevent a 1-4 loss), what options does Rashford have?
A return to United is out of the question, if Ratcliffe and the gang don’t decide to bring back Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, then. Barcelona has been mentioned as Rashford’s dream club, and Bayern Munich are also monitoring the situation closely, reports Football-Insider. When Rashford has played for one of the world’s biggest clubs since he learned to tie his laces, Aston Villa is not a dream situation. At the same time, the first games in a Villa shirt show that Unai Emery and Villa provide very good working conditions for Rashford.
Villa have an option to buy £40 million, but of course assume that Rashford himself opts out of clubs such as Barcelona and Bayern. According to The Sun, the 27-year-old has now sent signals that he would like to stay at Villa on a permanent basis. If this is true, Rashford will open another door.
