MADRID 3 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The English striker Marcus Rashford became this Sunday a new Aston Villa player given with purchase option by Manchester United, a club of his life where he did not enter the plans of Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim.
“Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing in the assignment mode of Marcus Rashford of Manchester United,” wrote the team directed by Spanish coach Unai Emery and whose sports director is also Spanish director Monchi.
The ‘villains’, who also point to the midfielder of Paris Saint-Germain and former Real Madrid, Marco Asensio, took a rashford who had no minutes with Amorim, who took over the United in the month of November. Rashford, born in Manchester and ‘Red Devil’ since the age of seven, had his written departure.
“I was lucky that several clubs approached me, but Aston Villa was an easy decision. I really admire the way Aston Villa has been playing this season and the coach’s ambitions,” wrote the English international on his Instagram account .
“I just want to play football and I am excited to start,” added a rashford that, after more than 400 games with United and 138, arrives at Aston Villa with the option of staying. After the defeat against the Wolves, four points in the area ‘Champions, Emery looked at a market already moved with the arrivals of Spanish Andrés García and the Dutch Donyell Malen, and the exit towards the Al-Nassr of the Colombian striker Jhon Durán