That's outrageous! Club visits + training mess → Manchester United problem, still popular? Serie A prestigious negotiations begin

Jan 05, 2025

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It has become a headache for the team's representative, who is driving the problem, but its popularity remains.

Italy's Sky Sports Italia reported on the 5th (Korea time) 'AC Milan considers Rashford, but it will depend on the salary'

Sky Sports Italy seems to be moving away from Old Trafford now. Since the appointment of Hoobeng Amorim, the number of seats has gradually decreased. Now United will try to find a solution in the January transfer window. In the next few days, Milan will investigate the situation further and contact Manchester United. Manchester United may subsidize part of their pay. Milan cannot afford Rashford's salary without Manchester United's help.

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Rashford is a highly anticipated prospect when he made his debut in Manchester United's first team in 2016. Rashford, who immediately appeared on the first-team stage after playing for Manchester United's youth team, grew up recognizing his huge potential even at an early age with the nickname of 'Schoolford'. However, Rashford's growth has not been steady. Every time the coach changed, there were many ups and downs. Nevertheless, there were moments when fans had high expectations. In the 2022-2023 season, Rashford came back to life rapidly immediately after Erik ten Hach was appointed. He scored as many as 30 goals to record a career high, and was evaluated as a player who finally met expectations.

But the performance was one moment. Rashford, who immediately suffered from a severe slump the next season, even continued to have privacy issues. The biggest problem occurred ahead of the FA Cup game against Newport County in the 2023-2024 season. At the time, drinking and visiting clubs caused a huge controversy. News broke that he was absent from training just before the game after drinking alcohol, and stories emerged that even teammates turned their backs on him. Since then, Rashford has been fined 650,000 pounds (about 1 billion won).

His attitude on the field was also insincere. His loitering appearance and lack of active movement in joining the defense received a lot of criticism from fans. This season was not much different. He scored three goals after the appointment of Houbeng Amorim, but his performance was not good.

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Manager Amorim recently excluded Rashford from the list due to his training attitude. In an interview after the Manchester derby, which was the first exclusion match, Amorim publicly pointed out the problem, saying, `Training performance, game performance, meals, and how to interact with team members are important.' Since then, Rashford has not been included in the list of matches that followed. However, he did not seem to care, mentioning the possibility of a transfer in an interview.

The reason why coach Amorim excluded Rashford was also disclosed. It was an unauthorized outing. England's The Sun explained why Rashford was removed from the plan by Amorim, saying 'Rashford went out despite strict rules that prevented him from going to the pub before the game.

In the end, it seems difficult for Rashford to start again under Amorim. If Milan continues to court actively, Manchester United is likely to focus on sending Rashford out through loan or transfer.

Meanwhile, Rashford reportedly rejected Saudi Arabia's offer even though he was excluded from the team. Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European soccer transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 3rd that `Rashford is not interested in moving to Saudi Arabia in the January transfer market. I'm not even considering going to Saudi Arabia,' Rashford said.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.