Inside Aston Villa’s plan to revive Marcus Rashford with tough love – and clips of ex-Man Utd team-mate

WHY connected Earth has Unai Emery taken a monolithic gamble to onshore damaged goods successful the signifier of Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford?

Because the Aston Villa brag loves bringing retired the champion successful players  and rehabilitating those who are seemingly mislaid causes.

It is wherefore Emery was truthful keen to people tainted guardant Rashford.

And it is wherefore helium has besides snapped up erstwhile Real Madrid prima Marco Asensio, whose vocation was connected a akin downward spiral astatine Paris Saint-Germain.

Bombed retired astatine Manchester United aft brag Ruben Amorim accused him of not grooming hard enough, Rashford has made a astute prime successful joining Villa to enactment with Emery.

If the Spaniard could get the champion retired of madcap Colombian striker Jhon Duran, helium surely stands a accidental of changing Rashford's fortunes.

Despite Duran’s nationalist flirting with Chelsea and West Ham, his tantrums and timekeeping — regularly turning up precocious for grooming — Emery turned the petulant youngster from a earthy £14.75m transportation punt into a £70m plus successful the abstraction of 2 years.

Talking astir Villa’s involvement successful Chelsea prima Joao Felix and attacker Asensio this week, Villa’s transportation main Monchi revealed: “Emery has been capable to retrieve players who were considered lost.

“If determination is simply a manager successful European oregon adjacent satellite shot who is characterised by recovering players and getting the astir retired of them, it’s Unai Emery.”

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Emery besides wanted to bring successful Blues outcast Axel Disasi, but Chelsea person truthful acold not wanted to bash concern with different nine challenging for Europe.

The merchantability of Duran, 21, to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi nine Al-Nassr connected Friday enabled Villa to spend the £400,000-a-week combined wages of Rashford and Asensio.

The situation for the pair, Rashford successful particular, volition beryllium to enactment successful the effort that workaholic Emery demands.

As Villa skipper John McGinn enactment it: “We person to absorption connected football for 75 per cent of our life. You person to spell to slumber reasoning astir football.”

If Rashford cannot get connected board, United tin hide astir Emery triggering the £40m buyout clause for the forward.

Philippe Coutinho, the past fallen superstar signed by Villa, played for six months nether Emery but did not amusement capable tendency and was rapidly shipped retired connected indebtedness to Al-Duhail successful Qatar — and has spent this play at  Vasco da Gama successful Brazil.

But those consenting to graft person reaped the rewards of Emery’s intensity, with astir every Villa subordinate having improved nether the four-time Europa League winner.

Defender Ezri Konsa and striker Ollie Watkins are present regular England internationals portion midfielder McGinn has his mojo backmost aft looking a shadiness of himself nether erstwhile brag Steven Gerrard.

Lucas Digne,  Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers person besides been transformed astatine a nine playing successful the Champions League for the archetypal time.

Rashford tin expect the aforesaid pugnacious emotion which took Watkins’ crippled to the adjacent level.

Emery showed Watkins clips of the erstwhile strikers helium worked with, specified arsenic Carlos Bacca and Edinson Cavani, highlighting their question betwixt the posts.

He past showed him his ain question and pointed retired helium was wasting vigor moving into the channels.

Crucially, Emery besides reminds players however bully they are — but however overmuch amended they indispensable beryllium to conscionable his standards.

Rashford volition walk hours successful elaborate investigation meetings, studying his ain crippled and his opponents’ weaknesses.

He volition besides enactment connected a one-to-one ground with idiosyncratic subordinate manager Rodri — the Spanish manager Watkins credits for his improvement.

Rashford volition beryllium sick of proceeding Emery’s buzzwords — ‘consistency’ and ‘demanding’ — portion Rodri volition propulsion him towards his gaffer’s golden standards.

There are nary fractional measures nether Emery; the United misfit volition either signifier up oregon vessel out.

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