Man Utd’s squad stance over Marcus Rashford return made clear by senior figure with “amazing relationship”

Marcus Rashford has been publically backed by 1 of his long-serving teammates to beryllium re-integrated into Manchester United's first-team squad for adjacent season.

The 28-year-old is presently distant with England connected 2026 World Cup duty, but speculation implicit his nine aboriginal is rife present that the summertime transportation model has officially opened.

Rashford enjoyed a productive the 2025-26 run connected indebtedness astatine Barcelona, scoring 14 goals and registering 14 assists successful 49 appearances to assistance the Catalan giants clasp the La Liga title.

The attacker has been keen to instrumentality to Camp Nou, but Barcelona opted against activating a €30m (£26m) option-to-buy clause which expired connected June 15.

It is understood that Barca – who person signed Rashford’s England teammate Anthony Gordon for £69m – would lone beryllium funny successful re-signing Rashford if they tin negociate different season-long indebtedness woody with Man United, but the Red Devils are thought to beryllium against that idea.

Prior to joining Barcelona connected loan, Rashford was frozen retired astatine Man United by erstwhile caput manager Ruben Amorim aft beryllium publically expressed his tendency to prosecute a caller challenge.

Rashford's declaration astatine Old Trafford, which expires successful June 2028, is believed to incorporate a £40m merchandise clause disposable to each clubs but fierce home rivals Manchester City and Liverpool.

While Tottenham Hotspur person been credited with an involvement in Rashford, it is understood that the North London nine are prioritising different targets, with a club-record £100m woody agreed to motion midfielder Sandro Tonali.

Maguire backs “wonderful player” Rashford to marque Man Utd return

The possibility of Rashford returning to Man United is growing, and centre-back Harry Maguire believes that the attacker deserves a accidental to commencement afresh astatine Old Trafford nether caller imperishable brag Michael Carrick.

Maguire has been a impermanent connected The Rest is Football during the World Cup, and helium was asked whether helium and the remainder of the Man United dressing country would invited Rashford backmost with unfastened arms.

He responded: “Yeah, of course, I person an astonishing narration with Marcus and person had immoderate large times with him implicit the years.

“I cognize what a fantastic subordinate helium tin be. I’m definite it’s up to the nine and up to Marcus to find a communal agreement

"Of course, if Marcus does travel back, we privation him to travel backmost and play and beryllium blessed and confident. It needs to beryllium close for himself, it needs to beryllium close for the club, but everyone knows what a large subordinate Marcus tin beryllium for immoderate nine helium plays for adjacent season.”

Can Rashford revive Man Utd vocation aft ‘letting a batch of radical down’?

Maguire’s comments travel aft Red Devils fable Paul Scholes stated that Rashford had ‘let a batch of radical down’ earlier his indebtedness exit to Barcelona materialised.

“I deliberation Marcus has fto a batch of radical down really, with his attitude, and I deliberation that’s what the manager is trying to say,” Scholes told The Overlap Fan Debate.

“OK, he’s not refusing to play, but successful the mode he’s behaving and the mode he’s training, successful a mode helium is saying I don’t privation to beryllium progressive with these.

"So I deliberation the information of letting your teammates down successful that dressing country – helium should beryllium banished from the dressing country really. If he’s successful and astir that and young radical are seeing that arsenic an example, the sooner he’s gone the better.”

Rashford has played a full of 426 times for Man United’s elder broadside since emerging from the club’s academy successful 2015, scoring 138 goals and providing 79 assists, arsenic good arsenic winning 2 FA Cups, 2 EFL Cups and 1 Europa League.