During Aston Villa’s warm-up there was a rare sighting, seldom seen on a football pitch lately: Marcus Rashford with a beaming smile on his face.

Marcus Rashford's sensational switch from Manchester United to Aston Villa has got tongues wagging, but there are concerns his sizeable wage package could cause resentment

Marcus Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season, but it's a deal that has been branded a "risk" by one ex-player

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Morgan Rogers had just scored Aston Villa’s second in the 2-1 FA Cup victory against Tottenham Hotspur and Villa’s players had gathered to the left of the Holte End, a cacophony encompassing them, but Emery remained fixated on preparing his two substitutes.

Giggs also recalled how Rashford caught his attention and that of Louis van Gaal at Carrington. "It was basically a small-sided, eight-versus-eight game," he explained. "We saw Marcus go past a few players and put it in the bottom corner and then score another goal.

It was two months, 59 days to be exact, of being frozen out at Manchester United in what seemed like at times a campaign to dispense of Rashford. Ruben Amorim consistently brought up Rashford’s demeanour, standards in training and appeared to have no time for sulking.

Arne Slot said it would be a “complete surprise” if Marcus Rashford did not make a success of his Aston Villa loan spell. Rashford was shipped out on loan to Aston Villa during the January transfer window after being frozen out by Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim due to a string of below-par performances in training.

Liverpool comes up against Marcus Rashford in an unfamiliar setting on Wednesday, with the England international having been cast aside by Manchester United and now on loan at Aston Villa