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Sam Marsden
Moises Llorens
Jul 20, 2025, 04:37 PM ET
Marcus Rashford landed successful Barcelona connected Sunday up of completing a season-long indebtedness determination from Manchester United.
Rashford, 27, volition acquisition a aesculapian aboriginal successful the week and, if everything goes to plan, volition beryllium presented arsenic a Barça subordinate earlier the nine caput disconnected connected tour, a root told ESPN.
Barça alert to Asia connected Thursday and manager Hansi Flick was keen to person Rashford with the squad successful Japan and South Korea to springiness him arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable to furniture successful earlier the play starts successful August.
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Rashford was cleared to question to Barcelona aft the clubs completed each the indispensable paperwork earlier connected Sunday.
The presumption see an enactment for the woody to beryllium made imperishable adjacent summer, a root told ESPN, with reports suggesting the terms is fixed astatine astir €30 cardinal ($34.9m). Barça had made signing a near winger their precedence this summer, arsenic Deco archetypal told ESPN successful May, and besides moved for Nico Williams and Luis Díaz.
Williams ended up renewing his contact with Athletic Club, though, portion Liverpool knocked backmost their attack for Díaz.
Rashford has been connected the array since January, erstwhile helium ended up joining Aston Villa connected loan, and sources person highlighted his tendency to articulation Barça.
He is besides a much affordable enactment than Williams and Díaz, fixed helium arrives connected indebtedness alternatively than for a important fee.
Reports suggest helium has besides taken a important wage chopped to propulsion done the move, but sources astatine Barça wouldn't remark connected contractual issues.
The England planetary arrives looking to kick-start his vocation aft a hard spell astatine United.
He spent the past 2 weeks grooming distant from the first-team squad astatine United aft being told by manager Ruben Amorim that helium does not diagnostic successful his plans astatine Old Trafford.
He has not played for United since facing Viktoria Plzen successful the Europa League past December, with Amorim dropping the player for the 2-1 Premier League triumph astatine Manchester City and not considering him for first-team work again.
A six-month indebtedness to Villa failed to make into a imperishable transportation astatine a pre-agreed interest of £40 cardinal ($53.6m), but sources person said that Rashford has ever preferred a determination to Barça aft the anticipation of specified a transportation emerged successful January.
He volition present boost an onslaught astatine Barça that already features Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo.
