The fact that Marcus Rashford left MU before August is a positive result for a club that is in need of pushing 4 winger in the next 6 weeks. So, not Rashford or Barca but MU is the “biggest winner” in this deal.
In January, Barcelona once affirmed that the DECO sports director was “not very interested” with Marcus Rashford. As a result, Rashford played for another team that also brought a red shirt – Aston Villa, but was disappointed and now he went to Barcelona.
This is a negative, but reasonable deal. Barca has a high -class backup plan for the attacking trio including Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski. And Man United found a club ready to carry £ 325,000/week of Rashford. This is always a loan contract with the terms of purchase.
Barca has kept an eye on Rashford for many years, but recruited him at the time of his bottom touch. Villa refused to buy him for £ 40 million. Rashford was deprived of his shirt and was forced to return to Carrington training center after the first team left this month.
A source from the representative said Rashford was “extremely good” to reach Barcelona. The representative of Spain Arturo Canales, who brokered the Rashford borrowed case to Villa in February, was hired just to arrange the deal to Barca this time.
Man United also did very well when solving the future of Rashford before August. Liverpool also deserves to be mentioned. They refused to sell Luis Diaz to Barca after Barca's number one target was Inaki Williams extending with Athletic Bilbao. Rashford is Barca's plan and, in theory, is a reserve player for La Liga champion. He only reached a 2 -digit goal in one of the last four seasons in Man United.
Senior officials at Man United have predicted that he would go abroad to play. Rashford even deliberately made the public stir when not excluding the possibility of going to Man City or Liverpool, but there was no evidence that these two teams really wanted him.
The best thing for Man United now is Rashford playing well in Spain. That will make them easier to sell him next year, when Rashford entered the last two years of contract. When Ruben Amorim is still in the position, it is not likely that Rashford will return to the first squad of Man United.
Rashford has made great efforts in the summer. His Instagram account, almost certainly managed by his brother and former representative Dwaine, recorded a strict training schedule, from the gym to the training ground. Last week, he spent 4 hours in a gym in Salford.
Those who had “followed” Rashford in the past once distracted him. But this time, the companions with him on the vacation in Cannes, including two brothers Dwaine, Dane, cousin Lois and former teammates at Man United Academy, Roshaun Williams, were working closely with him.
Rashford once shone at the Camp Nou in a 2-2 draw between Man United and Barca in the Knock-Out Europa League in February 2023, scoring the equalizer and directly created Jules Kounte's own goal. It was his peak, accompanied by the time his team was negotiating a new contract with Man United.
Just look at Rashford's goals in the last four seasons: 5, 30, 8 and 7 – you can easily recognize the season that happens just before you get a strong salary.
Despite the 30 -goal season, Rashford still feels dissatisfied with some training methods of Erik Ten Hag, especially the way he is too dogmatic. The relationship between them is almost broken in the last year Ten HAG leads Man United.
Rashford was not happy to have to kick the striker early in the early 2023/24 season, while Rasmus Hojlund had not recovered from the back injury. At Villa, coach Unai Emery also often ranked him striker. Although Lewandowski, although 37 years old, has not shown signs of decline, but will also end the contract with Barca next year.
After Amorim Rashford removed the plan, the player tried to improve the image by appearing at Old Trafford, watching a match from his VIP area. When he started the match against Newcastle in December, he was still applauded by Stretford End stands.
At Man United, the Board of Directors is still having to behave very carefully with Rashford, always trying to protect his reputation as one of the most prominent academy talents. But Rashford no longer kept that diplomacy, when publicly thanked Alejandro Garnacho for the picture of a child wearing a “Rashford 9” shirt at Villa last month.
One has left, and three more people need to be liquidated. Man United will find a way to push Jadon Sancho, Antony and Garnacho before 19h on September 1. At that time, the attacking team will be compact, new and more harmonious. But they also need to add a new striker.
That's what they need to really bother.