Giuseppe Rossi: Everton Could Relaunch Marcus Rashford’s Career
Giuseppe Rossi believes Everton could be the club to relaunch Marcus Rashford’s career – and that his Manchester United story should end this summer.
The former United and Villarreal forward, who rebuilt his own career after leaving Old Trafford, sees Rashford at a crossroads after his loan spell at Barcelona and return to Manchester with no clear next step.
Rossi, who scored four times in 14 United appearances after arriving from Parma in 2004, knows the feeling. He left England, became Villarreal’s all-time leading scorer during a six-year spell scarred by two ACL injuries, and later turned out for Fiorentina and Levante before retiring in 2023.
Now working in the media, Rossi has been weighing up Rashford’s options – and he does not think staying at Old Trafford is one of them.
“Marcus Rashford needs to go to another club for his own sake. I think his time as a Manchester United player has run its course,” he told Bet Brothers, questioning whether the forward still fits the club’s mentality or the project being built there.
Barcelona chose not to keep Rashford after last season’s loan, despite Rossi feeling the 28-year-old performed well and suited the Spanish side’s style by the end of the campaign. That decision only sharpened the sense that Rashford needs a clean break and a new stage.
Rossi does not see that stage being Serie A. Using Scott McTominay’s Italian revival as a reference point, he admitted the idea of Rashford following a similar path is “interesting” but argued the league’s tactical demands would not suit him. For Rossi, Rashford still aligns best with the tempo and directness of English football.
That is where Everton come in.
The Blues are already monitoring the left flank. CEO Angus Kinnear has confirmed the club continues to track Jack Grealish’s situation after his loan on Merseyside last season, with the Manchester City man featuring in the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal at the weekend.
Rossi, though, believes David Moyes could profit from exploring a different big-name option out wide along the East Lancs – Rashford.
He sees clubs like Tottenham Hotspur or Everton as the type of environments where Rashford could feel liberated again, given the freedom to play his natural game and carry some of the burden of restoring glory to a side with ambitions of pushing upwards.
“He needs a move to another Premier League club this summer,” Rossi said, suggesting a stage where responsibility, trust and space to express himself could coax the best version of Rashford back.
For Everton, still weighing up whether to go all-in on Grealish or pivot to another marquee left-sided attacker, the question now is simple: is this the moment to bet on Rashford’s reinvention?
