Barcelona wants to bring in Marcus Rashford this month, but that will only happen if Ansu Fati leaves, either on loan or permanent. As things stand out, there is not enough salary space for the Manchester United attacker to sign, which means that a departure is absolutely essential.
Fati is the most important candidate who leaves, because Rashford is seen as his replacement. Eric Garcia and Andreas Christensen have both been associated with outputs, but the preference of Barcelona is to go on the 22-year-old, especially because he has no place in the plans of head coach Hansi Flick.
Fati is connected to Tottenham Hotspur this week, but according to reports he is determined in his desire to stay in Barcelona for the rest of the season, in the conviction that he can force himself back in Flick's thoughts. As such, this would kill every chance that Rashford arrives, although there is still hope for the Catalans that things can happen.
According to Diario As, Jose Mourinho wants to bring Fati to Fenerbahce. The former manager of Real Madrid was very not impressed by Allan Saint-Maximin this season, and his idea would be to replace the On-Loan Al Ahli wing player with Fati.
Mourinho would like Fenerbahce to immediately start negotiations with Barcelona in the event that the Saint-Maximin loan agreement is canceled. The Catalans would undoubtedly welcome this, although a condition would be that a significant part of wages should be covered as part of an agreement for the rest of the season.
Although Barcelona could be optimistic about the interest of Fenerbahce, it would be a very big surprise if Fati would give the green light to complete a deal. He seems determined to stay in Catalonia at least until the summer, and if he does, it would almost certainly be that Rashford will not arrive.
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