Barcelona are looking to imminently confirm the arrival of Marcus Rashford after clinching a loan agreement with Manchester United.
As the saga continues to roll on in the UK and Spain the latest update indicates Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Rashford from United, with the 27-year-old attacker landing in Catalonia as part of a season-long loan with an option to buy, believed to be in the region of €30-35m.
Barcelona increased their focus on bringing in Rashford in the last week following a mixed summer in the the transfer market.
Rashford will act as cover for Raphinha on the left of Barcelona’s attack, after the club had previously chased deals for Nico Williams and Luis Diaz.
He is expected to fly into Catalonia and complete his medical before signing all appropriate documents over the coming days to seal the finalities of the switch.
Hansi Flick is hopeful he can include Rashford in his squad for their pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea but that remains uncertain at this stage.
Despite their ongoing financial issues, Barcelona are willing to bankroll a move for Rashford, and reports from The Times claim they will cover his full £325,000 a week wages as part of the loan.
A move away from Manchester has looked certain since the start of the summer but former United teammate Paul Pogba has waded in to support Rashford.
Pogba has recently returned to football following a ban, joining AS Monaco, and the Frenchman believes the Red Devils treatment of Rashford has been unfair throughout.
“This is a crazy situation. But, I‘m happy for him because they took away his number in Manchester,” he said.
“Manchester United are losing a great player. Unlucky for them.
“It’s great for Barcelona to be honest. I’m not even talking about United, because they’ve bought a few new players and the new manager wants to do his thing I guess. “
What Pogba said is true. Rashford was mistreated by Amorim. He was one of our best players. There are players like Hojaland, what is he doing in Manchester United. Amorim has come to destroy the team.
My sentiments exactly! Marcus Rashford is OUR home grown player who’d always declared he only wants to play for Man U! He was definitely mistreated by Amorim n the new owners of Man U. They gave him the contract n salary n now they’re regretting it. He was the first to score for Amorim when he came in, played well for that first few games then suddenly he was pinpointed for not training well, living his life not to the manager’s liking, made to change mindset n the way of playing overnight after two decades with the club! Laughing stock, they get rid of his high salary n then pay even more for incoming new players without experience of playing premier league! Marcus Rashford was cornered n not even given a fair chance. I’ve been a fan of Man U for 5 decades, I’ll definitely be following Marcus at Barcelona now.
U ain’t been a fan if u call them man u. It’s man united mate not man u show some respect and knowledge
Respect for those destroying the core of our team?
lol, ok man united. But it doesn’t take away the fact that it’s run like a Sunday soccer league
Follow him to Barca,who cares
Don’t be sad ross maybe man United to get to 14th next season
Rashford has been inconsistent and disinterested at man utd for a long time! Time to move on….. Simple. He’s not a generational player and he hasn’t reached his potential.
So I say “thanks, but next!”
I thought Marcus clearly stated in December that he wanted a new challenge and then followed those sentiments by offering himself to Barca repeatedly.
Stop supporting the club, if we want the glazers out we need to start with people like you. GOT OUT OF OUR CLUB MAN. Because if obvious you don’t watch our games you wait for ESPN and BBC news
He is going to sit on the bench forever there
Go off and support Barca if you think our great club should entertain these modern day footballers with their attitudes and money greed’s.
What a load of tosh. Rashford leaving is a good thing for man united…he got too big for his boots and needed to go. As soon as he got his £350,000 a week contract he gave up.. stopped trying. Amorim gave him his chance and he didn’t take it for whatever reason. I was an admirer of rashford, but he messed up…Good luck to him at barca. I hope he proves people wrong but I doubt it.
You should be slapped if you not a united fan and stop supporting this club(Manchester United) if you a fan.
Are you guys talking about the effortless Rashford who had become a virus to the team or another Rashford? Imagine Pogba commenting on football matters instead of burying his head in shame. Well, birds of the same feather flock together. Now that he’s in Barcelona, I pray him continues on his level of commitment like he did at Man U let’s see how it goes
Thank you Magbeth
That’s nuff said, clearly everyone giving comments on how Marcus was unfairly treated are just being too sentimental and refusing to see the truth,Harry Maguire was mistreated but we didn’t see him go whining about it,he put his head in the game and worked his way back into the team,but Marcus,u get dropped for a derby game because you don’t show good attitude in training and the next ting that comes out of your mouth is that you want a new challenge
How ungrateful some of this homegrown players can be,if Sir Alex were still in charge,he would have committed murder wit some of these players ,Am sick of this spoiled English lads thinking they can’t be unshakable
Agree 100%. He still cashed his £325,000/week though he did not give his all to the club.
Marcus Rashford is outstanding player.He is gifted to Barcelona free of cost.
Rashford attitude changed lately. His body language was oweful. He could be seen quite often strolling around the pitch even when MANUTD was losing.
Pogba keep quiet you were banned you should be ashamed. And now you want to talk about U T D . You should be ashamed yet you still chirp.
Rashford stated it clearly that he needed a new challenge and thank God the new challenge has come, why are you guys complaining? As per, Paul P. He should go a burry his head in shame.
Henry M. Was treated worse than Rashford, his captainship was taken from him, but because of the love he has for our great team, he stayed and fight for his shirt, today he is enjoying his loyalty and love for Man. United. Let’s see how the ball will roll for Rashford at Bacar.
Sad to see him leave. Such a good player
Pogba was a bad influence tto Rasford & some of the other players while he was at united.
Not interested at all at what pogba thinks, he’s in the same category as rashford. He could have been a united legend. Good riddance.
Letting go of Rashford and most likely Garnacho is a regrettable mistake Amorim is making.
When a child misbehaves, you discipline them and make them better again, not by chasing them away or telling them to look for another father.
Those are homegrown players.
Klopp is one best example of a good coach who loved all his players the same, he never showed favoritism.
Amorim should not destroy United, but build it.
Mc’tomnay left and now he doing very well at Napoli, winning trophies.
Amorim should behave like a matured coach .
Letting go of Rashford and most likely Garnacho is a regrettable mistake Amorim is making.
When a child misbehaves, you discipline them and make them better again, not by chasing them away or telling them to look for another father.
Those are homegrown players.
Klopp is one best example of a good coach who loved all his players the same, he never showed favoritism.
Mc’tomnay left and now he doing very well at Napoli, winning trophies.
Amorim should behave like a matured coach .
I guess it would have made more sense to try keep him. Remember SAF, think Rashford and Garnacho would have been this disrespectful?
They both should have been banished to the under 21s until they learn respect, or lose form after running down their contracts.
They both wouldn’t have dared this under Fergie. When Rooney was acting up then, it was his teammates set his head straight.dis didnt even get to the gaffer. Then there was RVN and his saga with Real Madrid. Henry worn the Golden Boot that year, though Ruud was the clear favorite in January. He never really recovered after that, even after he left for Real.
Discipline, the strong handed sort, made sense…but now it is about money and no longer fundamentals.
Best of luck to all parties.
Did u slam him when he was underperforming? No doubt about Rashfords quality, but of what use is it to United in the way he has been performing recently? Rubbish
I guess everyone is entitled to they on opinions ,no hard feelings for the boy let him try is lucky in barcelona.the Truth to be told the boy failed us at Manchester United especially the last two seasons please so please don’t put it on the coach and the club no.
I think Rashford is one of the players Manchester United needs to let go. He is not committed to the club anymore and he has some bitter blood for the club. No player is bigger than the club.
Saying Rashford was mistreated is nonsense…he had the opportunity to redeem himself and show commitment to be better and not jogging around the bitch. Instead, he went on to declare his willingness to try a new challenge. We need dedicated players, not social media amateurs that calls themselves PLAYERS
Nigerian here.
To hell with Marcos, as long as I’m concerned, the so called lazy Manchester United Rashford was about to divide the whole team as CR7 has been complaining about.
Players were starting to become lazy because even the so called doctorate of Manchester would just head to the training, play some balls around and say he’s going back home. Marcos was lazy, controlling and manipulative during his last days with Manchester. He was even rubbing his so called non chalant attitude on some hardworking players.
What we should ask ourselves is why the coach doesn’t see Marcos as an advantage. That’s because he was arrogant, selfish and self centered. He wanted everything to be handed to him at Manchester.
Let him go somewhere else, he needs to learn how life works….
All Rashford was asked to do was work harder and curb his party lifestyle. That’s not being mistreated, it’s being asked to behave in a professional manner like the rest of the team. He refused to do it at United but gladly put in the extra effort at Villa. We’ve had to watch him walk around the pitch for far too long. Get him out and move on.
Pogba is hardly one to speak about how players are treated at United. He and Rashford were poor example of how players become spoiled on big wages with poor performances and even worse attitudes. Both are better away from Old Trafford. Amorim obviously saw characteristics he didn’t like in Rashford. Club backed him as it should.
Ever heard of Sir Alex who managed the eccentric Eric Cantona. How he got the best out him. United won trophies then.
Now Amorin can’t manage a decent player Marcus a teenage Garnacho.
Why not teach the players his so called formation
This is not Amorim fault , Rashford said he need new challenge, and the coach feel disrespected , he came back from loan at aston Villa Man U tried to settle the issue , he said he want to leave , and his number 10 jersey was taken away . So why the blame on Man U or Amorim.