Unai Emery hails ‘fantastic’ Marcus Rashford after Aston Villa see off Chelsea in the Premier League

Unai Emery hails ‘fantastic’ Marcus Rashford after Aston Villa see off Chelsea in the Premier League

The 27-year-old came through United’s academy and has been at the club for a total of 20 years, scoring 138 goals across 426 games for the Red Devils.

Rashford, a key player at Old Trafford under previous managers, had previously been considered one of the top strikers across all of Europe but his form dramatically dipped from the summer of 2023 onwards.

It appears Rashford is getting his career back on track at Villa, though, with two of his teammates heaping praise on him after the win over Chelsea.

We know the quality of Marcus,’ fellow Villa loanee Asensio said. ‘He helps us a lot. We are so happy. Thank you also to Marcus for the two assists!’

Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans, meanwhile, added: ‘[We are] very pleased, especially the way he is performing now and with the two assists today.

‘Marcus is someone who can threaten everyone one-versus-one and even one-versus-two. He is very important for us in the way he plays because he gives us something different on the left-hand side.

‘You could tell today every time he got the ball he was dangerous and hopefully with many more minutes in his legs he will only get better.’

‘That’s how to do the transfer window,’ Redknapp said about Villa’s call to bring in Rashford. ‘That’s how to handle it, that’s what you do, you go and do business. To bring in Marcus, that’s a masterclass.

‘You look at other clubs and how they didn’t bring players in, I’m sure there’s directors of football all round the world with their head in their hands right now, thinking, ‘Why didn’t I get Marcus Rashford?’

‘I get the doubts, I would have been one of them. I’d have been nervous about doing it. But right now Aston Villa look like they’ve really got great business done.’