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Marcus Rashford's Aston Villa future undecided

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Unai Emery said Marcus Rashford's future at Aston Villa "depends on the next weeks" after the on-loan Manchester United forward inspired a dramatic Champions League fightback against Paris Saint-Germain that almost saved the tie for the Premier League side.

 Having suffered a 3-1 first-leg defeat in Paris last week, Villa found themselves 5-1 down on aggregate after Luis Enrique's team raced onto a 2-0 lead on the night with goals from Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes inside the opening half hour.

 But after Youri Tielemans pulled one back for Villa before half-time, Rashford's pace and creativity sparked Emery's team into a second-half surge as goals from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa put them 3-2 ahead and trailing 5-4 on aggregate.

 Rashford is on loan at Villa from United until the end of the season and available for a pre-agreed £40 million ($52.9 million) transfer fee, but Emery said a decision on the 28-year-old's future is still to be made.

 "It is difficult to plan it now," Emery said. "He [Rashford] is feeling better and he played a fantastic match. "We are very happy. If he is happy, we are happy. It depends on the circumstances for now and the next weeks."

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