{"id":76949,"date":"2025-06-23T04:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=76949"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:34:39","slug":"could-marcus-rashford-really-join-newcastle-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/could-marcus-rashford-really-join-newcastle-united\/76949\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Marcus Rashford really join Newcastle United?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, there\u2019s this big buzz in the football world about Marcus Rashford<\/a> possibly making a surprise move to Newcastle United<\/a>. If you\u2019ve been following football even a little, you know Rashford isn\u2019t just any player; he\u2019s one of the biggest names in English football, known for his speed, skill, and being a regular part of Manchester United\u2019s team. Now, Newcastle has just secured a return to the Champions League, which is a huge deal, not just in terms of prestige but also financially. And that\u2019s what\u2019s fueling the idea that they could go after someone like Rashford.<\/p>\n

Right now, Rashford makes a jaw-dropping \u00a3325,000 per week at Manchester United. That\u2019s about \u00a320 million a year, just in wages. To put it into perspective, that would take up somewhere between 8 to 11 per cent of Newcastle\u2019s entire wage budget if they signed him. That\u2019s a massive chunk being spent on just one player. But according to Stefan Borson, who used to be a financial advisor for Manchester City, Newcastle is one of the very few clubs in the Premier League that could afford to take on such a big financial commitment. Most other teams either don\u2019t have the cash or wouldn\u2019t risk upsetting their wage structure for a single signing.<\/p>\n

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Now, does that mean Newcastle United will definitely sign Marcus Rashford?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Not quite. Borson himself said it\u2019s unlikely. The money might be there, especially with the \u00a3100 million or so coming in from Champions League qualification, but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll go all out and blow a huge portion of their budget on one guy. Clubs like Newcastle, especially under their current manager Eddie Howe, have been pretty careful about maintaining balance in the squad. They don\u2019t want to risk upsetting other players by suddenly paying someone way more than everyone else. That can cause drama in the locker room and disrupt team chemistry.<\/p>\n

Still, the fact that Newcastle is even in this conversation shows how far they\u2019ve come. A few years ago, no one would have thought they\u2019d be mentioned as a possible destination for a top-tier player like Rashford. Whether or not the deal ever happens, it\u2019s interesting to see Newcastle entering that elite group of clubs that can seriously be linked with such high-profile names. Rashford might stay at Manchester United, or he might go somewhere else entirely, but the mere fact that Newcastle is now on the radar for these kinds of transfers shows how much the club is growing in ambition and financial power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, there\u2019s this big buzz in the football world about Marcus Rashford possibly making a surprise move to Newcastle United\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":76950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[3023,29829],"class_list":["post-76949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-newcastle-united"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}