Unai Emery and Aston Villa have come to the same conclusion on whether to sign Manchester United loanee, Marcus Rashford, to a permanent deal, according to a report.
Rashford was repeatedly left out of Ruben Amorim’s matchday squads in the run-up to the winter window. The Man Utd star’s attitude and application in training were frequently cited by the Portuguese manager when explaining why.
An exit in January became inevitable and after interest from several European giants came and went, a move within the Premier League awaited.
At the behest of Unai Emery, Aston Villa signed both Rashford and Marco Asensio on the back of selling Jhon Duran to the Saudi Pro League.
Both players have lit up Villa Park thus far, with Asensio scoring eight times and Rashford notching eight goal contributions (three goals, five assists).
Villa do not hold an option to buy Asensio when his loan from PSG concludes. However, they did insert an option to buy Rashford from Man Utd for £40m.
And according to a fresh update from the Sun, Emery and the Villa hierarchy are all singing from the same hymn sheet and want Rashford to join outright.
They stated Emery has ‘told Villa chiefs he’s confident the Manchester United forward’s head is in the right place and that signing him would help take the club to the next level.’
The club’s decision-makers have listened, with the report adding: ‘the Premier League side want to make the current loan arrangement they have with the England star a permanent switch.’
Whether Villa now intend to activate their option or will explore a fresh move with Man Utd for a lower sum remains to be seen.
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