Manchester United's gold side, another bad habit...Excluding selection for the Getafe match for late team meeting

Sep 22, 2025

Manchester United's gold side, another bad habit...Excluding selection for the Getafe match for late team meeting
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Marcus Rashford (FC Barcelona) caused various speculations due to his absence from the Getafe match.

Rashford scored multiple goals in the first leg of the 2025-2026 European Champions League phase against Newcastle United to lead his side to a 2-1 victory. Barcelona's desire to recruit him from the beginning of this year but only brought him on loan was bound to grow. It has been reported that Rashford also wants to activate Barcelona's full transfer option. With the recent rise of Ramin Yamal, Rashford is expected to be consistently in Barcelona's starting lineup for the time being. But against Getafe, Rashford was benched. Ferran Torres started the day.

The Daily Mail, a British daily newspaper, reported the reason for Rashford's absence. The newspaper reported that "'Rashford arrived late for the team meeting on the day of the match, and was eventually excluded from the selection' Rashford was two minutes late, due to the information he had to fill out every day he joined the team' He added that `Hangi Flick is strictly required to ensure that players are on time for team meetings' and that `Flick will not allow players who were originally planned to be selected to play if they violate team rules.' Hafinya, Jules Kounde and Inyaki Peña were also previously excluded from the starting lineup due to late team meetings.




Manchester United's gold side, another bad habit...Excluding selection for the Getafe match for late team meeting
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Rashford's falling out with Manchester United was a similar reason. I overslept in December 2022 and was late for the Manchester United team meeting, drawing the ire of manager Erik ten Hag. Last year, it was found that he attended the party ahead of the game and was excluded from the lineup of head coach Hoobeng Amorim, which eventually led to Aston Villa and Barcelona's loan.

Despite this, Barcelona still want Rashford. The Daily Mail reported that `Flick wants Rashford to be fully recruited and Barcelona want to sign him for 26 million pounds(about 48.8 billion won).' However, local media in the UK and Spain predict that it will not be easy to fully recruit Rashford as Barcelona's salary cap has decreased compared to last season.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.