Collymore’s Christmas column: Rashford has to leave Man United, Super League can do one and much more

In his exclusive Christmas column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker Stan Collymore discusses some of football’s biggest talking points, including why Marcus Rashford needs to leave Manchester United, why Newcastle would be mad to sell Bruno Guimaraes, why the Super League can do one and much more. 

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Marcus Rashford has to leave Man United to enjoy his football again

Marcus Rashford should leave Manchester United. I’ve been saying it for probably a couple of years now, and he should either go abroad or to a progressive Premier League club.

Would that be a West Ham or a Brighton or would it even be a Bournemouth? Would the Cherries go for a big fish and see if he could go to a smaller pond and just enjoy his football on the south coast? That isn’t so ridiculous – but would they be able to afford him?

I think there will be takers for Rashford whether that be from Germany or Italy, but I’m not so sure about Spain.

He just needs to enjoy the game and love the game again, and I wonder if for the past five or six years whether he actually ever has. He always looks as if he’s carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

For me, it’s really simple. Either go to a wild card in terms of a Bournemouth, or head abroad to somewhere like Napoli or AC Milan.

Newcastle crazy to consider Guimaraes sale and Howe still under pressure

I think Newcastle would be crazy to sell Bruno Guimaraes in January.

If rumours of Man City’s interest is accurate, then at the end of the season, when City will have a technical and tactical review and look at where they’re at, that might be a more sensible time for the Magpies to consider cashing in.

He may well be a player that City feel can freshen things up, but certainly not in January.

As for Eddie Howe, I think that if they finish outside of the Europa League places again, that would probably mean the end for him at Newcastle United.

I’ve always said that he’s under pressure, even if, when Newcastle went on that amazing run to escape relegation and then get into Europe, PIF were like “no, no, we support him. He’s the best thing since sliced bread, yada yada yada.”

PIF have the money and…