Rashford tipped for SHOCK Arsenal move

Carlo Garganese

Updated: 21 Jan 2025 08:10 GMT
4 min read

Marcus Rashford has been tipped for a shock move to Arsenal before the end of the transfer window by Joe Cole.

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Rashford is searching for a new club this month but all interested parties are struggling to afford his salary.

This has already led AC Milan to pull out of negotiations, while Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona remain interested but need Man Utd to subsidise Rashford's wages.

This could open the door to a Premier League team, with Cole suggesting his former club West Ham as well as Arsenal as potential destinations for Rashford.

What did Cole say?

"There aren’t many options for him because he’s on such big wages," Cole told Al Arabiya News’ The Dressing Room podcast.

"If the money is right, I think Arsenal would sign him.

"Because I don’t think Manchester United see themselves this season, for a loan deal, competing with Arsenal.

"I don’t know, maybe Manchester United fans might tell me different.

"If I’m West Ham manager and I’m talking to David Sullivan [West Ham chairman] and they say there is a possibility of it happening, I would say, 'Get me him!', and I’d get an arm around the shoulder.

"I’d just have a chat with him and ask him, 'Marcus, what do you need? Tell me. I want you here, whatever you need'.

"His family, I’d bring them all in, and I’d go, 'Come on, let us work together, we all want the same thing!', it was the same thing with Jesse Lingard.

"If he goes on loan to West Ham, he plays 15 games and he does what Jesse Lingard did, let me tell you: they would all be queuing up to take him."

Rashford has been on the market after the attacker's controversial interview with Henry Winter last month.

The attacker admitted that he is “ready for a new challenge” amid rumours that he will leave Manchester United in 2025.

What Marcus Rashford said?

“For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps.” Rashford told Henry Winter after returning to his old primary school, Button Lane.

“When I leave it's going to be ‘no hard feelings’. You’re not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United. That’s me as a person.

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"If I know that a situation is already bad I'm not going to make it worse. I've seen how other players have left in the past and I don't want to be that person. When I leave I'll make a statement and it will be from me.”

Rashford continued: “I’m halfway through my career. I don’t expect my peak to be now. I've had nine years so far in the Premier League and that’s taught me a lot, that’s helped me grow as a player and as a person.

“So I don't have any regrets from the last nine years. I won’t have any regrets going forward because I take things day by day and sometimes bad things happen, sometimes good things happen. I just try and keep a fine balance.”

Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim has responded to Rashford's actions by not playing him since the interview.