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Marcus Rashford set for Aston Villa medical as Man Utd attach £40m option to buy into loan deal

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<p>According to <a href="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1885946256066818239" target="_blank">Fabrizio Romano</a>, an agreement is in place for Villa to cover 70 percent of Rashford's £325,000-a-week salary in a loan for the rest of the season. He adds there is a £40m ($49.5m/€48.8m) buy option, with a potential three-and-a-half-year deal to follow. A medical is booked for Sunday, too.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Rashford hinted he wanted a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/marcus-rashford-reveals-desire-to-leave-man-utd-bombshell-interview-derby-snub-ruben-amorim/blt98cdbc7c391c455e" target="_blank">United exit six weeks ago</a>, but few would have expected the England international to be left out of the team for nearly two months amid an <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/marcus-rashford-ruben-amorim-not-speaking-anymore-man-utd-forward-faces-six-months-exile-transfer-realisation/bltc2d271af9e2d6839" target="_blank">ongoing feud with head coach Ruben Amorim</a>. But finally, after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/marcus-rashford-why-barcelona-drop-transfer-pursuit-man-utd-outcast-explained/bltc6029dc861b86b25#csaa4b1d7291cff6f6" target="_blank">failed moves</a>, matchday banishments and other <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ac-milan-man-utd-serie-a-demands-marcus-rashford-loan-deal/blt69004d94121a5c21" target="_blank">false dawns</a>, the 27-year-old seems to be <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/marcus-rashford-aston-villa-man-utd-outcast-closing-loan-move-end-nightmare-under-ruben-amorim/bltb2941a64883a4842" target="_blank">heading for the Old Trafford exit.</a></p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Villa have been on the lookout for a forward after selling striker <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/why-aston-villa-cash-in-on-eur77m-jhon-duran-striker-completes-lucrative-al-nassr-switch/blta0eb68322cfc6920" target="_blank">Jhon Duran to Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr</a> late last month. If picked, Rashford could play alongside England team-mate Ollie Watkins in Unai Emery's attack.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Time is running out for Villa, who four places and eight points ahead of 12th-placed United, to get this deal done as the winter transfer window shuts at 11pm on Monday night.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Marcus Rashford set for Aston Villa medical as Man Utd attach £40m option to buy into loan deal | Goal.com

Marcus Rashford is edging closer to an Aston Villa loan move - with Manchester United reportedly inserting a £40 million option to buy into the deal.

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