Marcus Rashford set to become Man Utd’s highest earning player – on one condition

Marcus Rashford will become the highest earner at Manchester United – if he agrees to stay long term.United are exercising their option to extend the striker’s current contract, due to end in June, by a further year. That stops him becoming a free agent next summer – and being able to talk to foreign clubs in the new year.Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are stepping up their interest in Rashford as doubts over his future grow. The homegrown United star, 25, has refused to sign a new £300,000-a-week contract on the table at Old Trafford.