Manchester United confirmed Marcus Rashford's loan move to Aston Villa on Sunday and Wayne Rooney was not surprised by how his former club dealt with the transfer

Manchester United tried to get a deadline day deal over the line for Mathys Tel but ended up leaving negotiations with Bayern Munich.

Manchester United’s hopes of signing Leon Bailey are all but over with Aston Villa ‘unlikely’ to sell the winger on transfer deadline day. The Red Devils are in desperate need of new firepower with only four clubs scoring less than Ruben Amorim’s side in the Premier League this season.

The story of United's window was mainly about the outgoing players. The club found themselves with a major problem when one of their highest paid players, Marcus Rashford, was frozen out of the team following his now-infamous "new challenge" interview with the journalist Henry Winter in December 2024.

The England striker is one of United's highest earners but has been absent during a crucial period and is now set to leave on loan. Why?