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Marcus Rashford: Will he return to Man Utd – and what impact would he have?
That reality has created a new one.
Rashford is contracted to Manchester United until 2028. His salary of £325,000 a week makes him the club’s top earner at a time when minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is trying to stay on top of wage costs, which is, by some distance, the club’s highest expenditure.
United’s transfer activity has slowed since Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans joined them for £35m on 14 July.
While uncertainty over Rashford’s future is not the entire reason for this, it is a basic truth that Manchester United‘s search for a left-sided attacking player, or another striker, will be impacted if he stays at the club because he can play in both positions.
Equally, the amount United can pay in wages will differ depending on whether Rashford’s salary is part of the overall bill.
Many fans are conflicted.
Plenty feel Rashford’s fallout with Amorim over his performances in training was reflective of someone who no longer felt the joy of playing for his boyhood club.
Comparisons were made with his performances prior to his exit from United and those at Aston Villa, with England and then Barcelona.
Others think Rashford is too good to be discarded; a local lad who would benefit from an arm around the shoulder and is capable of making a significant impact in Carrick’s team.
The secondary point to that is could United sign a player of similar standing for £26m, given that is the fee sources close to Rashford feel would not be exceeded given it had been agreed with Barcelona?
Tiernan Lynch has left his position as Derry City manager by mutual consent after a poor run of form.
The Candystripes sit sixth in the Premier Division and have won just one of their past seven games.
The 50-year-old joined the side on a three-year deal in November 2024 from Larne, who won back-to-back Irish Premiership titles during his tenure.
“The club would like to place on record its sincere thanks to Tiernan for his professionalism, commitment and hard work during his time at Derry City,” the club posted on social media following the news.
Despite making big signings such as James McClean during the off season, Derry have struggled to build on last season’s second place finish.
McClean has also since voiced his concerns since joining the club and said there was ‘issue somewhere’ at Derry City after they exited the Uefa Conference League at the second qualifying round.
The club have confirmed that Mark Connolly will become interim manager and is due to be in the dugout when Derry face Sligo on Friday, 7 August.
More to follow.
Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Cincinnati Open as he continues to recover from a wrist injury.
The world number two has not played since he pulled out of the Barcelona Open in April, missing Wimbledon and the chance to defend his French Open title.
After winning the event in 2025, Spain’s Alcaraz was due to return at the Cincinnati Open as part of preparations for his defence of the US Open, which begins on 30 August.
Instead, the organisers of the Ohio event – which starts on 11 August – said that “an ongoing wrist injury” will prevent the 23-year-old from taking part.
“We know Carlos is doing everything he can to get back to playing tournaments as soon as possible,” said tournament director Bob Moran.
“We wish him the best with his recovery and look forward to welcoming him back to Cincinnati in the future.”
Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser took the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes.
The time trial world champion, 34, completed the course in 27 minutes and 30 seconds, ending the day with a 14-second lead over Demi Vollering after the Dutchwoman was third in the trial.
Reusser beat Netherlands rider Lieke Nooijen’s formidable target by four seconds, while 21-year-old Briton Zoe Backstedt, a junior world champion in this discipline, was 20 seconds behind the leader and finished fourth in the only time trial of her debut tour.
Having started the day in yellow, Norway’s Sigrid Haugset struggled after Monday’s stunning solo breakaway and is now fourth overall after finishing three minutes behind Reusser.
As riders withstood temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in eastern France, defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot also struggled and the French native lost two minutes and 14 seconds to Reusser.
Reusser, a favourite to win the time trial, admitted that she and her team had been eyeing up this fourth stage for a while.
“Of course, I’m super, super happy,” she said.
“This was the idea that we had since a long time – my goal of the year.
“I knew we were going to start in Switzerland on the Swiss national day, and we’re going to have a time trial as the fourth day.
“We’ve been talking about it for a long time, Project Dijon, for the yellow colour of the mustard! To win the time trial and maybe take yellow. It worked out.
“Always it’s hard and you know it’s not necessarily going to happen so, that it happened like this? Super happy!”
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Tour de France Femmes: Marlen Reusser leads after time trial win
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Tour de France Femmes: Marlen Reusser leads after time trial win
Carlos Alcaraz: World number two withdraws from Cincinnati Open with wrist injury
Premier Division: Derry City part ways with Tiernan Lynch
