Barcelona still has to make it official, but it seems like a step before Marcus Rashford will be completed. The Manchester United Forward arrives on loan with an option to buy, but was not a unanimous choice at the Catalan club to strengthen the Blaugrana.
Rashford has taken a wage reduction of 25%, whereby Barcelona pays the rest of his salary for the season, and they get the chance to buy his services at the end of the season for € 30 million. If they do not decide to do this, they have to pay a penalty, but the Blaugrana has succeeded in strengthening their forward line for this coming season without being committed to a budget -changing edition.
A move was also close in January, after Hansi Flick had asked for a move for Rashford, but instead, director of Football Deco decided to give priority to contract innovations in the second half of the season, explains Sport. It is known that Deco's first choice for the left place was Luis Diaz, although he accepted a movement for Nico Williams, was a good alternative. He was not convinced by Rashford and continued with the deal 'through broken teeth'.
News broke on Saturday from a deal and the deal accelerated on Thursday, after Flick spoke with Rashford. The central care of Barcelona with the 27-year-old is his lax attitude when defending. The German manager explained that he would have a secondary role and that he would have to earn playing time. Moreover, he explained that he would have to make a considerable effort without committing the ball and being defensively to do this – a challenge that Rashford accepted. The deal was agreed less than 48 hours later.
The German manager has made it clear that he has no patience for a lack of attitude or effort, in which Ansu Fati hardly saw any playing time last season – Flick immediately gave his efforts as a problem for the press. Similarly, Jules Kounde and Inaki Pena were both benched because they are too late for team meetings. Rashford starts on the outside and looks inside, and with Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez, Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski will not have a playing time easy for competition.