MANCHESTER UNITED are in talks with Aston Villa over whether to recall injured Marcus Rashford.
The England forward, 27, damaged his hamstring during training last week and looks set to be sidelined for a few weeks.
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Villa’s final match of the season is against his parent club United — a game Rashford would not be eligible to play in.
That means the last game of his loan spell would be the May 18 home clash with Tottenham.
It looks unlikely he will be fit in time for that, meaning his difficult campaign is effectively over.
And a decision will need to be taken between the forward — who joined Villa on loan in the winter window — and United over what happens next.
Rashford knows there is unlikely to be any future for him at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim, so the Red Devils will listen to offers.
And he plans to sit down with his employers before mid-June.
Yet he may be forced to return earlier than expected if the two clubs agree there is no prospect of him recovering inside three weeks.
That comes in spite of Villa holding a £40m buy option for Rashford as part of their loan agreement with United.
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Speaking after Rashford picked up his hamstring issue, Villa boss Unai Emery said: “He’s injured.
“He got injured this week and yesterday we did a test – it is his hamstring.
“We are going to try to test him each match but he’s injured and probably won’t be available for some weeks.”
Rashford is said to be undecided on his future as things stand and will have the final say on where he plays next season.
But Man Utd gaffer Ruben Amorim is certain that he made the right decision in letting him and £86m flop Antony leave on loan in January.
Speaking last week, he said: “We lack a lot of things in the team.
“In January we lost, and you are talking about Rashford and Antony, we lost these players.
And we didn’t bring new ones, that was a risk. We are trying to do something more important.
“But I think that there are things here that are more important than to score 10 more goals this season.
“We can hurt the squad now but in the future it is going to help the club so I think we are on that path.”
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