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FC Barcelona have reportedly reached a closing determination on signing Marcus Rashford completely on the finish of the season — and there’s a twist within the story for the 28-year-old ahead.
A Spanish Renaissance
Rashford has loved a return to kind since arriving in Catalonia on a season-long mortgage from Manchester United over the summer time.
A public fallout with Ruben Amorim final December led to Rashford’s exile at Outdated Trafford, with a hastily-agreed mortgage to Aston Villa in January offering momentary reduction till the top of the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
There was no prospect of reconciliation upon Rashford’s return from Villa Park this summer time, nevertheless, as he was designated part of Amorim’s ‘bomb squad’ and made to coach individually from the primary workforce.
This led Rashford to hunt out a “dream” transfer to Barcelona, albeit on mortgage, because the Spanish big looked for a cheap choice to bolster Hansi Flick’s ahead line — however it has confirmed a masterstroke for each events.
Throughout 24 appearances for his adopted facet, the Englishman, who’s firmly again within the fold for the Three Lions underneath Thomas Tuchel forward of subsequent 12 months’s World Cup, has returned a formidable seven objectives and 11 assists.
Marcus Rashford stats – 2025/26
| Matches | Objectives | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 7 | 11 | 1574 |
A €30 million buy-option was included within the deal, which additionally sees Barcelona present full protection of Rashford’s wage packet at Outdated Trafford.
And whereas this had appeared a no brainer for a confirmed goal-scorer with the flexibility to play throughout the frontline, Fichajes now reveals Barcelona will enable Rashford to return to United on the finish of the season in an explosive twist.
‘Bomb Squady’ Returns
The Spanish outlet states the Liga champions “won’t train” the buy-option in Rashdord’s mortgage as it’s “past their attain” financially this summer time.
“Marcus Rashford ‘s time at FC Barcelona has left a optimistic impression on the pitch. His velocity, expertise, and skill to resolve matches have been valued internally, however not sufficient to justify a €30 million funding,” the report particulars.
Executives at Camp Nou imagine a everlasting deal would “restrict” different potential recruits and can as an alternative search one other mortgage possibility in assault to facilitate this — with a special ahead in Manchester heading their checklist of targets.
Fichajes reveals the Blaugrana will pursue Manchester Metropolis’s Savinho instead, with the Brazilian’s lack of alternatives underneath Pep Guardiola opening the potential of an exit from the Etihad.
It constitutes a dramatic change in fortunes for Rashford, nevertheless, who would have felt safe in regards to the probabilities of remaining in Catalonia past the summer time after his spectacular kind this season.
The prospect of returning to the Theatre of Goals, underneath a head coach who actively detests his presence there, represents an undoubted nightmare for the 28-year-old ahead.
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