Marcus Rashford signed for Barcelona earlier this week (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images)
Earlier this week, Marcus Rashford left Man United to join La Liga champions Barcelona on a season-long loan, which includes an option to buy in the region of £25m.
Rashford was one of the players earmarked to leave Man United this summer, and although the plan had been to cash in now, he has only joined Barcelona on loan – and what’s more, the buy option is significantly lower than the one that Aston Villa had last season (£40m).
Collymore believes Man United have lost out in Rashford deal
Marcus Rashford left Man United to join Barcelona earlier this week (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
In his exclusive CaughtOffside column, Stan Collymore has given his reaction to Barcelona signing Rashford, and how Man United have emerged from the negotiations.
“I think this Rashford deal is poor for Man United. For a player at the peak 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, isn’t recompense at all.
“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.
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