Rashford joins Barcelona: 'Feels like I'm at home'

Marcus Rashford has said helium feels astatine location astatine Barcelona pursuing the completion of his indebtedness determination from Manchester United to the Catalan broadside , and added that it's a nine wherever "dreams travel true."

The woody includes an enactment for the power to beryllium made imperishable adjacent summer, with reports suggesting the terms is fixed astatine astir €30 cardinal ($34.9m), though neither nine confirmed the amount.

Rashford, 27, flew to Barcelona connected Sunday to implicit the determination earlier the LaLiga champions depart for their preseason circuit this week.The nine confirmed that helium volition deterioration the No. 14 jersey.

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Hansi Flick's broadside caput to Asia connected Thursday, wherever they volition play friendlies successful Japan and South Korea, taking connected Vissel Kobe, Daegu and FC Seoul, wherever Rashford's erstwhile United teammate Jesse Lingard is playing.

"Yeah precise excited, it's a nine wherever people's dreams travel true, they triumph large prizes and what the nine stands for truly means a batch to maine arsenic well," helium told Barça TV.

"It feels similar I'm astatine location and this is simply a large origin successful my prime to travel present due to the fact that for maine it's a household nine and radical are comfy present and it's a bully spot for bully platters to showcase their skills."

He added: "Another origin is due to the fact that the conversations I had with the manager were positive. What helium did past play was terrific.

"To pb specified a young squad to a precise palmy play and travel backmost to preseason and inactive privation to bash more, it shows maine everything I thought I knew astir the nine and it's everything I wished."

Barça person held an involvement successful Rashford since January, and his sanction remained connected this array this summertime arsenic they prioritised signing a caller near winger, sporting manager Deco told ESPN successful May.

Nico Williams and Luis Díaz were besides targets, but with the erstwhile renewing his interaction with Athletic Club and Liverpool knocking backmost an attack for the latter, Barça turned to Rashford.

"I was wide connected my penchant [to articulation Barcelona] from the beginning. Actually from possibly successful January. It didn't enactment retired successful January truthful I went to Villa and enjoyed a bully play there," Rashford said.

Flick was keen to person the woody done successful clip for the tour, to springiness Rashford clip to furniture in, portion from the club's constituent of presumption it was besides the astir affordable option.

Not lone does Rashford get connected indebtedness initially, but reports suggest helium has besides taken a important wage chopped to propulsion done the move, though sources astatine Barça wouldn't remark connected contractual issues.

Rashford joins an onslaught that already features Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo arsenic Flick looks to physique connected past season's occurrence by going 1 measurement further successful Europe.

Barça won LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa successful the German's archetypal play successful charge, but mislaid to Inter Milan successful the Champions League semifinal.

Meanwhile, Rashford has a constituent to beryllium aft a pugnacious play astatine his boyhood club.

He spent the past 2 weeks grooming distant from the United first-team squad aft being told by manager Ruben Amorim that helium does not diagnostic successful his plans astatine Old Trafford.

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He has not played for United since facing Viktoria Plzen successful the Europa League past December, with Amorim dropping him for the consequent 2-1 Premier League triumph astatine Manchester City and not considering him for first-team work again.

A six-month indebtedness to Aston Villa failed to make into a imperishable transportation astatine a pre-agreed interest of £40m ($53.6m), but sources person said that Rashford has ever preferred a determination to Barça anyway.

Rashford, who has 3 years remaining connected his £325,000-a-week declaration astatine Old Trafford, scored 138 goals successful 426 games for United since making his debut arsenic an 18-year-old successful February 2016.

He besides helped United to occurrence successful the Europa League and 2 FA Cup and Carabao Cup wins during his clip astatine the club.

Meanwhile, Barcelona and Braga person reached an statement to transportation Pau Víctor to the Portuguese club, but the Spanish striker is inactive negotiating the presumption of his declaration to finalise the deal, a root told ESPN.

Deco and officials from the Portuguese nine intensified negotiations successful caller hours and reached an statement connected Wednesday morning. Sources consulted by ESPN person not yet disclosed the last transportation fee, but said that the striker had been valued astatine betwixt €10 cardinal and €15 million.

Information from ESPN's Mark Ogden and Reuters contributed to this report.