There was something about seeing Marcus Rashford in an Aston Villa shirt on Monday that felt all wrong. It almost felt as if it were someone else. A different person.
The red of Manchester United has always been part of Rashford's identity. He has been wedded to it. And now, there he was in claret and blue.
I know it’s only a loan but it doesn’t feel as if there is any way back to United for him and I’m sorry, but that felt sad, too.
That is not a comment on Villa, by the way.