Marcus Rashford is closing in on a transfer to Barcelona after Manchester United agreed in precept to mortgage the striker to the Spanish champions.
Barcelona's provide, which has been made by intermediaries, contains an possibility to purchase the 27-year-old subsequent summer season and has been sanctioned by their head coach, Hansi Flick. Rashford has held talks with Flick whereas his brother and consultant, Dwaine Maynard, met Barcelona officers in Catalonia final month.
The England worldwide is certainly one of 5 United gamers who've been instructed they don't have any future on the membership and made to coach away from Ruben Amorim's squad this summer season. Rashford, who spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Aston Villa, has been coaching at a health club in Salford and at United's Carrington base, though solely after first-team gamers have left.
United worth Rashford at £40m however, with no everlasting affords arriving for a participant who has three years remaining on a £325,000-a-week contract, Barcelona's provide might go well with all events.
The striker has dominated out a wage reduce and needs to affix a membership within the Champions League fairly than transfer to the Saudi Professional League. Talks between United and Barcelona are understood to be persevering with however the define of an settlement is in place.
Flick needs so as to add versatile forwards to his squad this summer season regardless of having Lamine Yamal and Raphinha at his disposal. Barcelona have been within the Liverpool winger Luis Díaz however have been knowledgeable the Colombia worldwide will not be on the market.
Liverpool have rejected a €67.5m provide from Bayern Munich for Díaz. The Spanish champions additionally tried to purchase Nico Williams earlier than the ahead signed an eight-year contract extension with Athletic, his boyhood membership in Bilbao.
Rashford has spent 20 years at United, scoring 138 objectives in 426 appearances for his boyhood workforce, however has not featured since being dropped by Amorim for the Manchester derby final December. He mentioned later that month that he was prepared for a brand new problem away from Previous Trafford.
Amorim's workforce drew 0-0 with Leeds of their first pre-season pleasant in Stockholm on Saturday. Kick off on the Strawberry Enviornment was delayed by 10 minutes due to heavy site visitors exterior the stadium. Matheus Cunha made his United debut following his £62.5m arrival from Wolves and performed the opening 45 minutes earlier than Amorim made 11 modifications on the interval.
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Amorim says Cunha confirmed what United have been lacking. “I believe Matheus Cunha confirmed what we'd like – that's the participant when he receives the ball between the strains could be actually aggressive in route of the opponent. We watched that in final season in a distinct workforce, so we anticipate the identical factor. After all, you possibly can see that the connection between him and Bruno [Fernandes] remains to be not there, however it's going to be connection.”
United head to the US subsequent week for the Premier League Summer time Collection towards West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton and hope to incorporate Bryan Mbeumo of their travelling get together. Previous Trafford officers agreed a deal that might rise to £71m on Friday for the Brentford ahead, who underwent his United medical on Saturday.
After the sport in Stockholm, Daniel Farke confirmed that he had instructed Patrick Bamford that the striker was not going to be concerned in Leeds' Premier League marketing campaign, due to his health issues over the previous couple of years. The Leeds supervisor mentioned: “Patrick is aware of how a lot I worth him as a participant, I've spoken a number of instances about this, and that I'd have most popular a totally match Patrick Bamford, within the final two seasons. He additionally is aware of how a lot I price him as an individual, however I assumed it was my responsibility to have a really open and trustworthy dialog with him proper now, right away with him.
“The second day of pre-season I received him into my workplace and instructed him that he was not in my plans for the upcoming Premier League season, simply in the truth that he had actually tough years within the final years.”
