Man Utd ‘put Marcus Rashford up for sale’ after new contract baffles Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Marcus Rashford’s Manchester United future has plunged into doubt as Sir Jim Ratcliffe eyes player sales.
Manchester United have reportedly put Marcus Rashford in the shop window ahead of the summer transfer window as Sir Jim Ratcliffe continues enacting ruthless change as co-owner. Ratcliffe has already shaken up the United hierarchy but is said to be keen on proving that no underperforming player is safe under his watch.
The 71-year-old has wasted no time in making moves to restore a winning culture at Old Trafford, which has been missing throughout the 11 years since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
United have replaced chief executive Richard Arnold with Omar Berrada in a disruptive pursuit of best-in-class appointments from the football world.
John Murtough has also left the club, and Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth will succeed him once he’s served his gardening leave.
Southampton chief Jason Wilcox has also jumped ship to join the INEOS revolution and is set to replace Darren Fletcher as technical director in the coming weeks.
Ratcliffe’s new-look team helming football operations is almost in place, and the summer transfer window marks the first opportunity to chop and change Erik ten Hag’s squad in search of improvements on the pitch.
According to Football Transfers, United are open to cashing in on Rashford to help fund the club’s transfer business this summer amid Financial Fair Play restrictions.
An inevitable failure to qualify for the Champions League would increase the strain on the club’s accounts and limit their potential in the market ahead of the first full season of the INEOS regime.
So United are said to be planning to shift multiple homegrown players to raise pure profit that can be re-invested into upgrades. Rashford is not immune to the firing line.
The report adds that the decision to hand the 26-year-old a bumper new contract worth £425,000-a-week, inclusive of bonuses, raised eyebrows among INEOS figures.
Rashford was coming off a career-best 30-goal season last summer, but INEOS reportedly wouldn’t have signed off on the blockbuster deal if they had inherited control from the Glazer family.
It’s claimed Rashford could be one of as many as 10 first-team players sold this summer, with United at risk of suffering their worst-ever Premier League season.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Scott McTominay, Jadon Sancho, and Mason Greenwood are homegrown players among those likely to be in the shop window this summer.
Raphael Varane, Donny van de Beek, Casemiro, Christian Eriksen and Anthony Martial are also expected to depart in what could turn into a mass exodus in M16.
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