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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Football Daily | Marcus Rashford and the Manchester United transfer boffins

Monday 21st July 2025, 2:59PM

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The transfer boffins at Manchester United didn’t have a great record last summer when it came to the club’s departures. Scott McTominay was deemed not good enough for Ruben Amorim’s squad, sold for around half of Manuel Ugarte’s fee, and went on to win Serie A Footballer of the Year, leading Napoli to a historic Scudetto. Antony couldn’t trap a beanbag in the first half of the season, registering one goal (a penalty in a 7-0 Fizzy Cup win over Barnsley in September) and no assists in the first five months of the campaign in United colours, yet went on to be one of the standout players in La Liga in the second half on loan at Real Betis, scoring nine goals, registering five assists and helping the Seville side reach a European final.Representing our country is the greatest honour. It is not right that while we are doing that, some of us are treated ­differently ­simply because of the colour of our skin. Until now, we have chosen to take the knee before matches. It is clear we and football need to find another way to tackle racism. We have agreed as a squad to remain standing before kick‑off on Tuesday. Those behind this online poison must be held accountable” – England’s players release a joint statement to show solidarity with Jess Carter, who revealed that she has been subjected to racial abuse online during the Euros in Switzerland.I am glad that Mike Walsh and Stuart Maconie ((Friday’s letters) have definitively answered th

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