A few months after a departure from Manchester United which had caused a stir, where he had been sidelined by his manager before being loaned to Aston Villa, Marcus Rashford finds colors and continues the good performances under the orders of Unai Emery. His recent doubled against Preston North End only confirmed his rebirth far from Old Trafford. A situation that did not fail to return to the ears of Rúben Amorim.
At a press conference before the trip to Nottingham Forest, Manchester United coach was directly questioned about the current success of the English striker. His eagerly awaited response was measured to say the least and subject to interpretation.
Towards an Amorim-Rrashford reconciliation?
Rather than ignoring the question or reiterating a rupture position, Amorim has chosen a more diplomatic path, which breaks with the image of a final separation. After cautiously recalled that Rashford was not “Not his player for the moment”, He added a key sentence: “But each player who succeeds on loan is good news for my club, so we are happy with that. »» If these words remain cautious, many see it as a subtle way of not permanently closing the door to the English international. A way to recognize its value and allow the idea to hover that a return to Manchester United, although complex, may no longer be completely unthinkable.
A door ajar for Rashford?
This statement comes as the future of Rashford at Aston Villa is not guaranteed. As the editorialist Simon Jordan points out, the cost of a final transfer (high salary and compensation) could cool the villans, despite the excellent performance of the player. In this context, the words of Amorim, even if he also insisted on his concentration on his current team, take a particular resonance. Is it a simple politeness towards an asset of the club or a first step towards a possible future reconciliation, if the circumstances allow it?
By choosing not to ignore the success of Rashford and to qualify it as “Good news” For the club, Rúben Amorim, voluntarily or not, relaunched speculation. These few words are enough to open a door that was believed to be locked after the conditions of his departure in January. Of course, the path to a return to Old Trafford remains strewn with pitfalls, but the radio silence is broken. A new chapter of the Rashford soap opera may well be written this summer.
