Manchester United does not look like they get a lot of movement with regard to the future of Marcus Rashford until the Barcelona transfer plans are resolved. The international England, who spent the second half of the season on loan in Aston Villa, is not part of the plans of United and is expected to leave again this summer.
That is at least the plan at Old Trafford, who hope to secure around € 40-45 million for Rashford to finance their rebuild under Rubem Amorim. Villa is willing to sign Rashford, and there has been a suggestion that they could even make cuts in the club to close the deal within the financial rules, but the priority of Rashford is Barcelona.
Rashford waited until the end of the January transfer window to see if Barcelona would be able to move a loan for him, before he finally arrived at Aston Villa in the last days. The 27-year-old has made it clear that his desired destination is again the Catalan giants this summer, and has previously made it clear that he is willing to wait both until a deal is completed and lower his wages to make it happen.
In the midst of all the talk about Nico Williams that may be moving to Barcelona, ​​Marca says that Rashford has again contacted Barcelona through his agents to convey his desire to play for the club.
Rashford is aware that he is third in the pecking order, behind Williams and Luis Diaz from Liverpool. Whether Barcelona is moving before him or not probably depends on their ability to subtract those transfers and/or to register them.
Barcelona should also negotiate with United. The intention would be to borrow Rashford with an option to buy, while the Red Devils are set to a permanent exit for Rashford. At least he would be a cheaper transfer than one of Williams or Diaz.