This season, Manchester United's record has skyrocketed, and the player who has made the most significant progress is none other than Lashford. The England international has scored a career-high 29 goals in all competitions this season. However, the 25-year-old has only one year left on his contract with Manchester United, and negotiations for a contract extension have been stalled. Rashford is reportedly interested in waiting for a new boss to come in with a view to securing a more lucrative extension.
Lashford is currently earning up to £200,000 (about HK$1.95 million) a week at United, with his original contract set to expire this summer. Manchester United has started to automatically extend the terms of one year, and proposed a weekly salary of 300,000 pounds (about 2.92 million Hong Kong dollars) of the new contract. But "Fook" still did not agree to accept, which makes the negotiation in a deadlock. Manchester United boss Tan Hager recently revealed: "I know the reason for the delay in the contract renewal, but I will not say it publicly. We all want him to stay, he also wants to stay, we just need to wait for the process, eventually we will find a solution to the problem."
According to The Sun, Rashford has chosen to extend his contract in the hope of securing a more favorable deal when a new owner comes on board. It is reported that the new boss may be the British super-rich businessman Ratcliffe or Qatar consortium. The new owner is naturally reluctant to lose the team's core stars, which is a favorable condition for Rashford and will help him get the best deal.
