Borussia Dortmund are among several clubs that signed Marcus Rashford on loan from Manchester United this month.
The Bundesliga side join suitors AC Milan, Juventus and the Premier League in a bid to sign the 27-year-old English player as a foreigner on a deal until the summer.
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A solution has yet to be reached by any team and it is credible that Rashford will remain at United, despite his willingness to change tactics with the striker saying he is “ready to take on a new challenge”.
But abroad interest is developing and positions are being taken to identify the feasibility of a transitional measure from Old Trafford.
United and Dortmund experienced it after the agreement reached 12 months ago, in which Jadon Sancho spent the second part of last season in the Bundesliga.
But there would be plenty of points at stake on all sides, including finances, given that Rashford earns more than £325,000 a week on a contract that doesn’t expire until 2028.
It is inevitable that United will have to cover the largest imaginable amount of his salary with the academy’s postgraduate leave, which may become an impediment, while Rashford will concentrate on opting for the most productive destination to get his career back on track. on the way.
This is even more applicable now that Thomas Tuchel begins as England coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Rashford has played in United’s last six games in all competitions after being knocked out of the team for the first time in the derby against Manchester City on Dec. 15.
Included in the squad for the defeat against Newcastle United on December 30, but did not come off the bench.
He had already played in all 15 of United’s Premier League games before his omission at the Etihad Stadium, 12 of them.
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Dortmund have a shortage at wide forward. Donyell Malen is expected to leave the club during the current window and Karem Adeyemi is just back from injury. While Jamie Gittens has become a first choice on the left and Julian Duranville is another great hope on the right, both are at delicate stages of their developments and have (over different time periods) had issues with injury.
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In addition, while Gittens’ form and contribution this season has at times been spectacular, he is still learning at the highest level, and would potentially profit from the sort of mentorship that Rashford — with 60 England caps and almost a decade in the Manchester United first team — could provide.
Duranville, too, is at a pliable stage of his career, having only made his first start for the club in December’s Champions League defeat to Barcelona. No doubt he would profit in a similar way.
Undoubtedly, Rashford’s diversity of positions would be an advantage: he can cover complex positions and intermediate positions (Serhou Guirassy and Max Beier are Dortmund’s existing options). It would also suit the taste of quick, speedy transition that Nuri Sahin, appointed in the summer of 2024, is looking to implement. Sahin’s side are still not solid and remain unpredictable without the ball, but it’s hard not to see a Rashford-type striker reaping the benefits of his approach.
Financially, however, it looks tough as Rashford’s salary is well above that of Dortmund’s highest-paid defender Niklas Sule, who earns more than £160,000 a week. For this to work and a deal to be reached, Manchester United will most likely have to heavily subsidize a loan, as they did with Sancho a year ago.
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