Marcus Rashford: Hansi Flick sets lofty challenge for Man United ace
Marcus Rashford: Hansi Flick sets lofty challenge for Man United ace Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has set a challenge for Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford as the Catalan giants enter the business end of the season. Big opportunity Rashford’s fortunes have improved since last summer, when he left United and sealed a season-long loan move to Barcelona. He wasted no time breaking into the first team, which is a far cry from his fall from favour at Old Trafford under the now-sacked Ruben Amorim.
However, over the past few months, Rashford has found starting opportunities hard to come by, due to two main factors: competition for places and fitness issues. The Carrington academy graduate has started just one of Barcelona’s last 10 games. Barcelona retain the option to make his signing permanent for £26m but it remains unknown whether or not they will exercise it.
While there have been suggestions that they are seeking either another loan deal or a renegotiation of his price, United have made it unequivocally clear that they will not budge. But recent developments could offer Rashford a chance to feature prominently in these final months of the campaign. Raphinha, who has been keeping him out of the team, injured his right hamstring in Brazil’s defeat to France last week.
The Brazilian is facing up to five weeks on the sidelines as he recovers. In his absence, Flick could resort to Rashford to play on the opposite flank to Lamine Yamal. Speaking to reporters, Flick challenged Rashford to step up.
Flick’s challenge The German coach said about the situation, “It’s not the best moment for this injury, for us or for him. He was sad about this and we’re not happy. ” “I talked to him on FaceTime and he was very disappointed, very down, so I decided with Deco that [he could spend time in Brazil].