Marcus Rashford signs a new five-year contract with Manchester United worth £78 million to become one of England’s highest-paid players
- Marcus Rashford signs a new five-year contract with Manchester United
- Rashford’s new deal will be worth £300,000 a week, netting him £78 million
- The new contract will make Rashford one of the highest paid English players
Marcus Rashford will commit his first years to Manchester United by signing a new five-year contract worth £78 million.
Rashford has agreed a £300,000-a-week contract running until 2028 and will put pen to paper this week.
United will be delighted to secure Rashford’s future following the signing of Mason Mount from Chelsea and goalkeeper Andre Onana from Inter Milan.
It follows more than a year of negotiations in which Rashford’s agent and brother Dwaine Maynard met with Paris Saint-Germain.
The 25-year-old entered the final 12 months of his current £250,000-a-week deal this month and would have been a free agent next summer.
Marcus Rashford is about to sign a lucrative new five-year contract with Manchester United
Securing Rashford’s future means a big boost for Erik ten Hag’s team
However, it was always Rashford’s preference to stay with his hometown club, and the new contract will keep him at Old Trafford into his 30s.
The £50,000-a-week wage increase means Rashford will remain one of the highest-paid English players in the game, with only Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling earning more.
It is a reward for the best season of Rashford’s career. He recovered from a difficult 2021-22 season to become the first United player since Robin van Persie a decade ago to score 30 goals for the club.
Rashford did not report for pre-season with the rest of United’s international players until Sunday, so he will not be involved in Wednesday night’s friendly against Lyon at Murrayfield, having secured victory over Leeds in Oslo last week missed.
Erik ten Hag and his players will fly to the US after the Lyon game, and Onana is expected to travel after United agreed a £43 million fee with Inter to sign him as David de Gea’s replacement.
Onana was at Inter’s training base in Italy on Monday but plans to fly to Manchester on Tuesday to undergo a medical and sign a five-year contract.
The club has already started processing the Cameroonian’s visa so he can play on the four-game tour of the US.
United, who sign a deal for Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund, meet Arsenal in New Jersey on Saturday, followed by Real Madrid in Houston and Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas, while a younger team take on Wrexham in San Diego.
Rashford, who is set to earn £300,000 a week, will be one of the highest paid English players
United are closing in on the signing of goalkeeper Andre Onana to replace David de Gea