Update: |’We want to’ – Unai Emery drops Marcus Rashford hint amid loan move from Manchester United News

Aston Villa signed Marcus Rashford in the winter transfer window and have the option to sign him permanently this summer.

Unai Emery thinks Marcus Rashford is a “good guy, humble and really happy” at Aston Villa.

Ruben Amorim dropped Rashford for the Manchester derby in December and the forward was sent on loan to Aston Villa for the remainder of the season in the winter window.

The option to make the move permanent for £40million was included in the deal and Rashford has been given the opportunity to play in the Champions League knockout rounds.

Rashford has three goals and four assists for Villa and could start against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday night. The first leg of the tie will be played at the Parc des Princes, where Rashford scored twice for United in the same competition.

The 27-year-old needed to rediscover his form and Emery believes he is playing with confidence again.

“He is a good guy, he is humble, he is a very good professional player, he is really happy with his teammates, he has been demanding himself in everything. We want to work with him, with the team,” said Emery.

“I think he is playing freely, he is playing comfortably, and this is the most important. We are trying to connect with him as a person firstly, and after that to connect with him as a player.

“His process here is getting better as well. He is playing in two different positions, he started as a left winger, now he is playing more as a striker. How he can exploit his qualities as best as possible with us. This is the process we have, still work to do, still process to do, but the most important is his feeling.

“We are seeing him smiling, it is the best news we can have. I am seeing him happy, I am seeing him committed with everything we are doing.”

Rashford scored his first goals for Villa against Preston and then scored against Brighton.

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