Marcus Rashford scored his first Premier League goal for Aston Villa on Wednesday in a 3-0 win over Brighton, and after the clash, Manchester United were sent a glowing loan report on the forward’s progress.

Unai Emery says he is planning to play Marcus Rashford up front with Ollie Watkins before the Manchester United forward ends his loan spell with Aston Villa. Rashford struck twice in the win over Preston North End in the FA Cup last weekend and followed that up with the opening goal in Villa’s 3-0 win away to Brighton in the Premier League on

He made that pretty clear. There is always room for discussion when his Villa loan spell ends but, based on what Amorim has said publicly about Rashford, I do not see any way those bridges can be rebuilt.