Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford will be on the move for the second time this summer in 2025 and is enthusiastic about sunnier climates. Rashford does not stay in Old Trafford for next season if one of the parties can help, although there is no clear option for him at the time of writing.
Rashford was strongly connected to a relocation to Catalonia in the transfer window of January, supposedly position until the last days of the winter window to try to force a move to Barcelona. Instead, he came on loan at Aston Villa until the end of the season, and there he found some of his shape, with four goals and six assists in 17 games under Unai Emery.
According to The Mirror, Villa has caught a purchase option of € 47 million at Rashford for this summer, but the International of England is not enthusiastic about a permanent move to Villa Park. Rashford prefers a move abroad, despite the interest of people like Tottenham Hotspur and others in England, and Barcelona is his preference.
Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and AC Milan asked about his situation, say Sport, while Rashford has excluded a switch to Saudi Arabia. He has now communicated to Barcelona that he would be willing to make a wages to become a member of the Catalan giants. Although it is far from what Rashford and United hope for, they can consider a loan agreement with the Red Devils who pay part of his wages.
This earns € 411K per week for United, this is exactly the kind of salary that Barcelona has tried in recent years to get rid of, and it seems unlikely that they would be considering Rashford to be large without a clear starting spot in the side for him. If they can close a deal for the conditions that work for them, director of Football Deco can see it as a way to add depth to an attack with a aging Robert Lewandowski and a probably departing Ansu Fati.