Marcus Rashford transferred to Barcelona on a season-long loan from Man United, including an option to buy for around 25m. This option is significantly lower than the previous 40m proposed by Aston Villa. Stan Collymore criticized the deal for Man United, suggesting they received inadequate compensation for nurturing Rashford. He noted that despite Rashford's poor performance last season, he could still select a high-profile club like Barcelona, where he is expected to be more motivated and productive.
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.
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.
Marcus Rashford won't sign for Aston Villa permanently because he's waiting for Barcelona.
The greatest story here is how players can effectively be so poor for a couple of seasons, basically, including the loan at Villa, and still dictate where they want to go.
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