Marcus Rashford's first words as an Aston Villa player highlight last laugh on Ruben Amorim

Marcus Rashford has joined Aston Villa connected a indebtedness woody until the extremity of the season, having been judged arsenic surplus to requirements by Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim

Marcus Rashford has highlighted Aston Villa's spot successful the Champions League arsenic a cardinal crushed for joining the nine arsenic helium spoke for the archetypal clip since arriving successful Birmingham.

Rashford has joined Villa connected indebtedness for the remainder of the season, bringing an extremity to his nightmare astatine Manchester United. Rashford has not played successful immoderate crippled since revealing helium felt acceptable for a caller situation successful mid-December.

He yet completed his determination to Villa Park connected Sunday and will instantly nexus up with Unai Emery's men. Villa person reached the past 16 of this year's Champions League, which means Rashford volition play successful the knockouts of that contention for the archetypal clip since 2022.

By contrast, United's chances of qualifying for Europe's apical contention done the Premier League are each but over, with the Red Devils 13th successful the table. And Rashford has gleefully highlighted the information that has had the past laughter connected United brag Ruben Amorim.

“I deliberation it’s clear. We’re evidently inactive successful the Champions League, we privation to spell arsenic acold arsenic we tin successful that. If you don’t purpose to triumph it, you’re ne'er going to triumph it. That’ll beryllium my main objective, and support pushing successful the league to get arsenic precocious arsenic possible," helium told VillaTV.

“Obviously, (it’s) the biggest contention for a nine to beryllium progressive in. I’m definite it volition beryllium a caller acquisition for me, playing for Villa successful the Champions League. It’s ever going to beryllium a large moment, but the aims stay the same, to effort and bash our champion to triumph it.

“I’ve played a just magnitude of games successful the Champions League, truthful I consciousness similar I’m experienced and cognize however to grip those types of situations. But, similar I say, it's a caller environment, caller team, caller team-mates, truthful it's astir shared experiences and utilizing each other's experiences to assistance you get done the crippled and hopefully support winning."

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While Amorim was keen to determination Rashford on, the attacker has insisted helium inactive has what it takes to execute astatine the apical level. And alongside the accidental of playing successful the Champions League, Rashford besides highlighted Villa brag Unai Emery arsenic cardinal propulsion to the Midlands.

“I cognize I tin wounded teams, I cognize erstwhile I’m playing astatine my best, I tin determine shot games. That’ll beryllium my lone ambition and lone goal, to assistance the squad triumph much games, much points and hopefully make history,” helium added.

“It’s an ambitious clip for this nine and a large accidental for maine to articulation the squad and assistance them support pushing forward. I’m excited, can’t hold for the archetypal grooming league and evidently the archetypal game.

“(Unai Emery is) a apical manager and what he’s done astatine the nine since he’s travel to Villa is unbelievable. It’s the changeless ambition that’s attractive, and it’s wherefore you privation to articulation specified a club.

"You privation to support improving twelvemonth connected year, and that’s what the squad has been doing and are doing this year. It’s a nine that’s successful a bully presumption successful the league, and they’re pushing to get higher. Still successful the Champions League, a good, ambitious manager and large endowment successful the squad."

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