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 's career has taken a fresh twist. Almost two months on from first being frozen out of the Manchester United first-team by Ruben Amorim for failing to match expected standards, a move away from his boyhood club is complete.

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.

Villa and Spurs clash in an all Premier League cup tie at Villa Park, with Unai Emery able to utilise Marcus Rashford after landing the Manchester United forward during the January transfer window

Marcus Rashford was named on the bench for Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round clash with Tottenham. The 27-year-old joined Villa on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season last weekend, but, despite a full week of training, boss Unai Emery has resisted the temptation to throw him straight in.

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.

Marcus Rashford appears to have already caused some dressing room drama after arriving at Aston Villa on loan from Manchester United.Prior to departing on loan, Rashford was at the centre of