Aston Villa is going against each other this summer with Paris Saint-Germain in a battle for Marcus Rashford.
Sunonline can reveal the Premier League side that wants to make the current loan scheme they have with the English star a permanent switch.
Manager Unai Emery has told Villa Chiefs that he is convinced that the head of Manchester United Forward is in the right place and that signing him would help bring the club to the next level.
The big problem will be Rashford's salary, but Villa hopes that he can be persuaded to take a drop in his wages to get a movement that will help revive his career at the club and England.
Emery – who took a risk by signing Rashford – assesses him very high.
So high in fact that Villa sources said he would be willing to make him their most important striker, Ollie Watkins would leave behind in the summer.
Watkins is constantly connected to a step away from Villa Park, with Arsenal who remains very enthusiastic about the player.
Rashford almost joined PSG before his loan moved to the Villans and is still in conversation with the quarter -final opponents of his current team.
According to L'Equipe, the versatile attacker came extremely close to a transfer to Paris in the summer of 2022.
In fact, the Parisians wanted the English international to enter and Neymar replaced in the starting line-up.
At least three meetings took place between the club and the entourage of the man Utd star.
The conversations went so well with the then sports director Leonardo that the 27-year-old gave the “green light” for a move to Ligue 1.
However, a deal fell apart in May of that year after PSG Axed Leonardo and there is a strong feeling that if the Brazilian chef had remained, Rashford would play for the French champions.
Nevertheless, the same source reports have been revived between Rashford and Leonardo's replacement Luis Campos.