Deco: Rashford is a top player and he has two reasons for his failure at Manchester United

Manchester United started the 2025/26 season with a bad start, and head coach Amorin faced huge coaching pressure. They only won two of their first seven games, and in the last round of the Premier League, they were humiliated 3-1 by Brentford, and are currently ranked 14th in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Rashford's loan career at Barcelona was like a fish in water. Despite his average performance in the early stage, he has made consecutive assists in the last four games of La Liga and has also scored twice in the Champions League to help Barcelona beat Newcastle 2-1, creating 6 goals in the last five games.

Barcelona's loan contract has the option to sign Rashford permanently next summer. But many people still wonder: How did he get to this point in Old Trafford? Rashford became famous at a junior at Manchester United, but his first team career has always lacked stability. He has experienced 4 formal coaches, each with completely different tactical styles and systems. Barcelona sporting director Deco believes that this is one of the reasons why Rashford is in trouble at Manchester United, and Manchester United also has too high expectations for him.

"He is a top player and has made his mark very early and then has a highlight season at Manchester United, but he has also experienced a turbulent period of frequent coach changes, perhaps because Manchester United asked too much for him," Deco said in an interview with World Sports.

Manchester United has always attached great importance to youth training, but they do have higher expectations for young players. In today's Manchester United team, 20-year-old Kobe Maynu, produced by youth training, was excluded from the main lineup. Some fans criticized him for "insufficient athletic ability" even more than accusations of Ugath, who was introduced by 42 million euros, for his poor performance.

Deco also talked about the future of Rashford. He said Barcelona is "satisfied" with the striker, but has not decided whether to sign him permanently. “It’s just a simple loan with no liquidated damages, if we want him, there’s a buyout option,” Deco added. "It's too early to talk about the decision for next season, and it's important that we're satisfied with him. He brings exactly what we're looking forward to.

" (Buyout or not) This decision is not what we're going to do now, and we need to focus on the upcoming game at the moment. It will be decided, but it has not been discussed yet. There is an agreement between the two clubs, but further discussions are still needed. ”