Man Utd transfers: Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo transfer exit stories show club have conflict about what they want to be

11 January 2025, 18:50 | Updated: 12 January 2025, 15:22

There was a time when Manchester United wanted Marcus Rashford to be the reference point and the poster boy of the club.

In bad times during the Covid pandemic, with the forward successfully campaigning the government to hand out free school meals, he was seen as this lighthouse, not just for United but for society in general.

Now it looks like a transfer away will almost certainly be done by the end of the January window.

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