Marcus Rashford has rejected three offers from Saudi Arabia worth up to £35million-a-year as his future at Manchester United hangs in the balance.
United are prepared to let Rashford leave in the January transfer window after he was dropped by new head coach Ruben Amorim.
However, the 27-year-old will only go to a competitive club and league that would give him a chance of regaining his place in the England squad.
It’s understood he has turned down three mega-money offers from the Saudi Pro League that would eclipse his £315,000-a-week deal at United, and has also ruled out any moves to Turkey.
Rashford won the last of his 60 caps in a friendly against Brazil in March, but was left out of the squad for Euro 2024 and is desperate to win back his place under new England boss Thomas Tuchel.
Despite saying last month that he is ‘ready for a new challenge and the next steps’ in his career, Rashford is open to staying at United where he is under contract until June 2028.
Manchester United are willing to let Marcus Rashford leave the club in the January window
Rashford, 27, was dropped from four matchday squads by new manager Ruben Amorim
Cristiano Ronaldo is among the stars playing in Saudi Arabia – but Rashford has rejected the chance to join him
Sources say he is waiting for a recall from Amorim and will give 100 per cent to the team, but a 20-year association to his boyhood club could now be drawing to an end.
United will listen to offers for Rashford this month as they try to comply with profit and sustainability rules, and would also consider a loan move if his new club pay a fee and cover the majority of his wages.
But any move would have to suit the player before his brothers and sole representatives, Dwaine Maynard and Dane Rashford, would enter into negotiations.
Rashford hasn’t played for the last five games after he was axed from the squad for the Manchester derby last month. He was named on the bench at home to Newcastle on Monday night after a four-match absence but was an unused substitute in United’s 2-0 defeat.
United’s players are said to be surprised at Rashford’s exclusion given that he is still the club’s joint-top scorer in the Premier League with four goals.
He has scored seven times against Liverpool – more than any other Premier League club – but it remains to be seen if Amorim recalls him for Sunday’s trip to Anfield.
