Barcelona has announced the signing of Marcus Rashford on a seasonal loan and the deceased Manchester United striker spoke after he was unveiled in the Nou-Camp
Marcus Rashford joined Barcelona on loan with an excavation at Manchester United by saying: “I feel at home here – it is where dreams come true.” Rashford insured the move after he dropped out with United Baas Ruben Amorim, who banished him last season and decided that he was not part of his plans for the future.
Barcelona covers Rashford's wage next season – Save United about £ 12 million – and has an option to buy it for £ 26 million at the end of the loan agreement. Rashford spoke in the well -camp: “I am very excited. It is a club where the dreams of people come out. They win big prizes and what the clubs stand for, really means a lot to me.
“It feels like I'm at home and this is a big factor in my choice to come here, because it is a family sub, people are comfortable here and it is a good place for players to show their skills. I want to thank you for the warm welcome. It is a different environment for me, but it feels like home.
“I am full of excitement and hunger to go out and to help win this club. They won so much last year and I can see that the ambition is to do better than last year and that is what you want to hear as a player.
“It ensures that you improve year after year and that is what you have to be – the best version of yourself. So I am very enthusiastic to be here, I would like to get the games going and I enjoy it every minute.
“I always try to make decisive actions – fast, dynamic plays and I always like good football, so I have always been a fan of watching Barcelona, like most football fans. It will be a pleasure for me to play here and I will enjoy every minute.”
Rashford, who hopes that the move will see him make the World Cup team of England for next year's tournament in the US, unveiled the role that Barca coach Hansi Flick played to make the move happen. “Another important factor of the reason I am here are the conversations I had with him,” said Rashford.
“They were very positive. Last year and during his career he proved that he is one of the best coaches and to lead such a young team to a very successful season and to come back to do more – it showed me everything I thought I knew about the club.
“Now, to be here, it's all I wanted and thought. I want to get started and learn the Barcelona way and be ready for the games.”
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Rashford spent the second half of last season on loan in Aston Villa, where he scored four goals before the injury ended his campaign early. The 27-year-old was dropped by Amorim for the Derby against Manchester City last December and never played for United again.
Despite the unloading of Rashford, United is brace to start the new season without a new striker leading their attack. A striker was the priority in this summer's transfer window, after United had only scored 44 goals in the Premier League last season.
But the only two arrivals so far have been £ 62.5 million that Matheus Cunha signed from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford for £ 71 million, which are neither no. 9. United has their top-peak goals go somewhere else this summer Liam Delap came to Chelsea, Viktor Gyokeres closes a move to Arsenal, while Hugo Ekitike is bound in Liverpool.
Against that background, Amorim fears that there is any chance that United will start their Premier League opener at home at Arsenal on August 17 without a new striker. A swap deal in which winger Alejandro Garnaacho was involved – omitted from the American Tour team to leave – and Chelsea -striker Nicolas Jackson, both appreciated at £ 40 million, is an option.
Garnacho wants to stay in the Premier League, with Chelsea his first-choice club, although there is a reluctance at United to sell him to a domestic rival in a movement that can eventually be counterproductive. Jackson has been pushed the pecking order on Stamford Bridge after the arrival of Delap of Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton, who are both for him in terms of selection.