Ten Hag and Rashford could be reunited as United star closes in on January loan deal – report

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford’s future up remains in the air with Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona currently fighting over his signature.

AC Milan have seemingly exited the race due to the lack of a response from the Mancunian’s camp and have since moved on to other targets.

While the Englishman’s heart seems to be set on a move to Spain, the Catalan giants have found it hard to come up with an acceptable financial solution to land the versatile forward due to Ansu Fati’s reluctance to leave Camp Nou.

That has meant the Bundesliga giants are in the lead and as recently relayed by The Peoples Person, a medical could be on the cards as early as Thursday.

Dortmund in pole position

Interestingly, the Carrington graduate could reunite with a familiar face at the Westfalenstadion if Dortmund continue their poor run of form.

Nuri Sahin’s job is in danger with the German giants losing Saturday’s league game to Eintracht Frankfurt which has meant they are currently languishing in 10th place.

They have lost three on the trot and should they lose to Bologna in the Champions League on Tuesday, Sahin could be shown the exit with former United boss Erik ten Hag favourite to take over.

As per SPORT, the Dutch manager is not against the idea of bringing in Rashford despite their sometimes rocky relationship at Old Trafford.

Ten Hag feels the United No 10’s behaviour can be corrected and that his arrival could galvanise the squad and give them renewed optimism ahead of the second half of the campaign.

“Dortmund are concerned about the current form of the team. They are currently in tenth place in the Bundesliga with three consecutive defeats to Leverkusen, Kiel and Eintracht.

“In Germany, there is already talk of an ultimatum for Nuri Sahin, their current coach, and they have chosen his replacement, Erik Ten Hag.

EtH-Rashford reunion on the cards

“Sahin will be sacked if Dortmund lose the Champions League at Bologna on Tuesday. If they lose again, Dortmund could announce on Wednesday the signing of Ten Hag, a coach with whom Dortmund advisor Matthias Sammer has a very good relationship.

“Ten Hag coached Rashford at Manchester United and, despite having also had problems with him , he believes that his behaviour is correctable and would have a great impact on the rest of the group in order to get their heads back on track.”

United are hoping to reach a resolution as early as possible so that they can earn a loan fee and clear up significant space in the wage bill even if they are to cover a portion of the forward’s wages.

And if Rashford can regain his form at Dortmund just like Jadon Sancho last season, it would be a win-win for INEOS as they can then recoup a larger fee from his sale and all of it would constitute pure profit.

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