Marcus Rashford shouldn’t be sure he shall be at Barcelona subsequent season, but when the Manchester United loanee had a magic wand, he would conjure up an prolonged keep at Camp Nou.
Rashford opened the scoring with an incredible free-kick as Barca beat Clasico rivals Actual Madrid 2-0 to retain their league title on Sunday.
The England worldwide whipped his shot into the highest nook on Thibaut Courtois’ aspect of the aim 9 minutes in, and after Ferran Torres lashed in an 18th-minute second, Barca by no means appeared prone to relinquish their benefit.
Rashford has loved a resurgence since swapping Outdated Trafford for Camp Nou, scoring 14 targets and supplying 11 assists in 47 appearances for the Blaugrana (all competitions).
That’s extra aim involvements than he managed in both of the final two seasons, having recorded 13 for United in 2023-24, and 19 in 2024-25 (10 for United, 9 in a half-season mortgage spell with Aston Villa).
Solely Lamine Yamal (24 targets, 17 assists), Fermin Lopez (13 targets, 17 assists) and Raphinha (19 targets, seven assists) have recorded extra aim involvements for Barca in 2025-26.
Hansi Flick’s aspect reportedly wish to make Rashford’s keep everlasting, although his hefty wages at United might show a stumbling block in any negotiations.
However when requested if he wished to remain by BBC Sport, Rashford stated: “I don’t know, I’m not a magician. If I used to be, I’d keep, so we’ll see!
“I got here right here to win. I wish to win as many issues as I can and that is another so as to add. This staff goes to win a lot sooner or later, too, so being a part of that might be particular.”
2 – Desde que ganó su primer título liguero del siglo XXI en la 2004-05, el @FCBarcelona_es ha ganado 2+ ligas consecutivas en cinco ocasiones: 2004-06 (2), 2008-11 (3), 2014-16 (2), 2017-19 (2) y 2024-26 (2). Es el 13º logra en este periodo (Actual Madrid – 9). Campeones. pic.twitter.com/ooY2BreycX
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Rashford’s aim was solely the third Barca have scored from a direct free-kick in opposition to Actual Madrid this century – the final one, in October 2012, got here from Lionel Messi, additionally in LaLiga.
“I wasn’t going to shoot, as a result of once I didn’t put the ball down I didn’t see the angle, I didn’t really feel assured, so I used to be going to cross,” Rashford stated.
“However then everybody was telling me to shoot so I hyped myself up a bit bit. It was good that I shot ultimately! It was a great aim.”
Barcelona shut out their season with journeys to Alaves and Valencia, both aspect of a house match in opposition to Actual Betis subsequent Sunday.
