Manchester United does not run away empty -handed from their loan agreement for Marcus Rashford. The Blaugrana succeeded in concluding a loan agreement for the English international, who was not the sale of € 45 million where the Red Devils hoped for the beginning of the summer, but they ensure a clause in his Barcelona switch that they will earn some money.
Rashford flew to Barcelona on Sunday evening and was welcomed on Monday in the training complex. The 27-year-old starts to train on Tuesday, his first chance to meet his new teammates and arrive for a week in the previous season training under Hansi Flick.
It has been reported that Rashford will take a wage reduction of approximately 25% to join Barcelona, with the Catalan side that covers the rest of its wages. They also have a purchase option of € 30 million at the end of the deal, which many consider a useful clause when things are going well this season. There are no loan costs involved, but Sport explains that there is a penalty blause if Barcelona decided to exercise their purchase option. In the event that Rashford goes back to Manchester United, Barcelona is forced to pay € 5 million.
As Barcelona, Rashford decides to sign, then the structure of the deal looks useful, but anyway, they still avoid loan costs. If they had paid € 5 million as part of the loan, the Catalan side should have included that reimbursement in their salary limit, with Barcelona struggling again this summer to register players.
The Blaugrana still have to register Joan Garcia, Roony Bardghji or new deals for Wojciech Szczesny and Lamine Yamal. They hope that a VIP chairs of € 100 million will be included in their accounts next month, but some say that more outputs in the team are needed to free up enough space to register Rashford.