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Marcus Rashford’s “dream” transfer to Barcelona is in peril of falling aside because the Spanish large plans to “activate” fellow left-winger Nico Williams’ launch clause.
Manchester United are eager to promote Rashford, 27, this summer season after a public dispute with Ruben Amorim in December led the ahead to becoming a member of Aston Villa on mortgage within the winter window.
A £40 million purchase possibility was included within the deal however the Villans’ determined in opposition to activating this, regardless of Rashford’s spectacular performances beneath Unai Emery. In consequence, Rashford will now return to United however there may be acceptance from the participant he has no future at his boyhood membership beneath Amorim.
Equally, his wage packet – believed to be value in extra of £300,000 per week – can be a serious burden for INEOS, who’re adamant about bringing down prices at Previous Trafford, and one more reason why United need to agree a everlasting departure for the membership’s highest earner.
Rashford is believed to view a transfer to Camp Nou as his first-choice possibility with Barcelona having expressed curiosity in signing him in January on mortgage, just for a deal to show too pricey.
Sporting director Deco has publicly revealed curiosity in revisiting a transfer for the England worldwide whereas the Blaugrana had been additionally contemplating concentrating on Liverpool winger Luis Diaz.
However each of those choices had been cheaper various to Barcelona’s long-standing primary goal – Athletic membership and Spain’s EURO 2024 profitable winger, Nico Williams.
And now, as Fabrizio Romano reveals, Barcelona are ready to “activate the Nico Williams deal possibility after getting [the] participant’s whole precedence” over a transfer to Catalan.
🚨🔵🔴 Barcelona have determined to activate the Nico Williams deal possibility after getting participant’s whole precedence.
Barça will want extra rounds of talks together with his agent as they’d want to debate phrases of €58m launch clause with Athletic.
Not superior but; however Barça are actually attempting. pic.twitter.com/Y8YBmPVmUE
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 16, 2025
Tweet: “Barcelona have determined to activate the Nico Williams deal possibility after getting participant’s whole precedence. Barça will want extra rounds of talks together with his agent as they’d want to debate phrases of €58m launch clause with Athletic. Not superior but; however Barça are actually attempting.”
United are long-term admirers of the 22-year-old winger, who confronted the Pink Devils within the semi-final of the Europa League for Athletic, however the shift in direction of Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 system has negated the necessity for a participant of his profile.
The Pink Devils are banking on gross sales this summer season to finance the great overhaul of the first-team squad with the preliminary price range drained by strikes for Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
Shifting Rashford – an academy participant whose sale would represent ‘pure revenue’ from a PSR perspective – would have massively boosted the membership’s funds, even when the £40 million asking value was not met as eradicating his wage from the wage invoice at Previous Trafford would have saved greater than £15 million subsequent season alone.
Barcelona had been one of many strongest choices to signal Rashford, given the mutual admiration between the 2 events, however a €58 million deal for considered one of Europe’s finest younger left-wingers will depart the La Liga champions without having for an older, inferior model of the identical participant.
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