At just 27 years of age is kind of ill perceived in my opinion because if a player has world class talent, but can't enfold that talent into consistent quality by the age of 27, then what's more to expect from that player? Think about the top stars in the world and if they all needed to turn 27 or even 28 to first show signs of consistently high quality play, would they have ever become the top stars in the world? No way! Rashford's career is approaching the end in highest class football. If he doesn't have some sort of breakthrough, another brilliant season with 20+ goals or maybe 15 goals and 10 assists or something, then it is probably time for him to go to Saudi Arabia in two years from now. For a player with his talent, 27 years of age is old when you consider what he has achieved so far.
Imagine Bellingham would take until the age of 27 before he finally plays great football each game.
At that age, a professional player usually has skills and maturity in their game. For a player's success, it all depends on how they reach peak performance.
In Rashford's case, he doesn't get a place at United. If he doesn't leave United and join another team, the situation will get worse by not getting playing minutes. United and Rashford must take steps to progress together. The price is lowered as well as Rashford who may have to be willing to lower his salary at the new club.
Barcelona might be interested if the price agreement is not too high. But if the asking price disrupts Barcelona's finances, they will not get a player like that.
Yes but you are ignoring some important facts here and you talk as if he never got a chance. There is a good reason he
now doesn't get a chance. It is because the only consistency in his career was repeated failures. That is what the coaches could count on, Rashford will fail again it is only a matter of time. Manchester United is not a club on the highest level and competition is pretty weak and yet Rashford can't make it reliably into the starting eleven.
It's true that his situation won't improve there because he isn't good enough, but when he goes to a different club, this doesn't mean he instantly can level up his game. Going to Barcelona would be ridiculous when your point is that he doesn't get enough play time at Manchester United. Do you really think he will win the competition against Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Torres? I never expect him to outcompete any of these players. And Barcelona is planning on signing more forwards that are already of higher quality than Rashford. He would be sitting on the bench 90% of the time.
He can't make it at Manchester United, but then you mention Barcelona as a possible destination.