Aston Villa solve Jhon Duran 'problem' as Jamie Carragher delivers Marcus Rashford transfer verdict
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes Marcus Rashford is better suited for Aston Villa than Jhon Duran.
The Colombia international left Villa for Al-Nassr in a deal worth £65m plus add-ons and has been replaced by the Manchester United loanee, who could join Unai Emery's side permanently in the summer as a £40m buy option was included. He could make his debut against Tottenham on Sunday as Villa look to progress through to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
“I think it’s a good move for Rashford," Carragher said on Sky Sports. "There was talk of some of the biggest clubs in Europe buying him – I never saw that. "But there’s no doubt Aston Villa are one of the biggest clubs in this country and they’ve got a fantastic manager. And Unai Emery does get the best out of players more often than not. So it’s a decent move.
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“And it’s a good move for Villa as well. There was always a problem that they had Duran and Watkins as both could only play centre forward. Now and again, Watkins could play wide but it wasn’t his strongest suit. So it was always going to be a problem, one had to go.
“Rashford gives you, as an option, through the middle and on the left. He can play with Watkins. And if Watkins is injured, which it looks like he may be, Rashford can get a go through the middle.
"It gives Emery and the Villa team more options - and there’s also more football for him to play, because there was no chance he was going to get that at Manchester United.”
Asked if it is Rashford's last chance at the top level, Carragher said: “We say that a lot but footballers always seem to get a second chance.
"Certainly someone who has had the pedigree of Rashford, he’s always shown he has the quality but maybe not often enough. Like all managers, Emery will have that ego that he is the manager to unlock that, to get Rashford back to his best.”
