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Last night something really key happened for the future of Marcus Rashford at Manchester United – yesterday there were meetings between the player and his brother/agent with Erik ten Hag. We know that there was this incident with Rashford being out at a night club and then not reporting to training the next day because he called in sick. Ten Hag said he was going to deal with this issue, and together with the board and people at INEOS, it has been decided not to sanction Rashford.
It was a positive discussion and everything has been clarified internally, Rashford is available for selection for Manchester United, and he’ll be back in training in the next days for the upcoming games.
Obviously, Man United expect Rashford’s behaviour to be different in the next months as they want his performances to improve but also not to have any more off-the-field issues. Let’s see how it goes, but of course it’s absolutely crucial for Rashford and Man United to return to calm moments on the pitch.
I’m still getting a lot of questions about Karim Benzema, but the reality is that the transfer window for Saudi Pro League clubs closes today, and there is still no intention from Saudi Pro League bosses to let Benzema leave for a European club.
As I said before, the only way this would have been possible would have been for Benzema to cut his salary in an incredible way. At the moment this is not happening, so it looks really unlikely that we’ll see him move despite links with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.
The only real possibility is that Benzema moves from Al Ittihad to another Saudi club, so let’s see what happens there, but for sure the reality is that Saudi Pro League really don’t want to let Benzema go.
Jonathan David is almost always in the rumours and today we’ve had fresh stories about Chelsea and a possible last-minute deal. However, from what I’m hearing, it’s not going to happen.
David is not going to Chelsea now, and he’s not going anywhere now. Lille have decided to keep him and their other star players. They had enquiries from England, Spain and Italy for David, but nothing is happening in this transfer window – in the summer it will…
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