Marcus Rashford saga will take another twist at Manchester United this summer

Aston Villa fans sang Marcus Rashford's name in the bars of Brugge shortly after he signed on loan.

Manchester United fans are hoping they will be singing Rashford's name again next season.

If those chants are heard next term, it means the £40million option to make Rashford's move permanent would have been triggered, a decent fee that Ruben Amorim will reinvest.

The sale of Rashford for £40m would be the biggest sale of a United academy graduate. It would also be beneficial for working within the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), but there was a spanner thrown in the works on Monday when it emerged Rashford could be ruled out for the reason of the season.

Rashford was absent last weekend and Unai Emery said: "He’s injured. He got injured this week and yesterday we did a test - it is his hamstring. He won't be available for some weeks."

The 27-year-old has picked up a hamstring injury and might have played his final game of the season, which muddles the waters over his future ahead of the summer transfer window.

Rashford isn't expected to need surgery on the injury, and a scan later this week will assess how the hamstring is healing and shed more light on whether he can play again this term.

Have Villa seen enough of Rashford to trigger their permanent option? Has he done enough to convince Emery? There are lingering questions and the answers will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Rashford has contributed four goals and six assists in 17 appearances on loan, and he has picked up a hamstring injury at the one point when he looked best in a claret and blue shirt.

Emery has overlooked Ollie Watkins for Rashford in recent weeks, and Watkins has admitted he has been "fuming" at being dropped. However, Rashford has repaid