Barcelona Confirm Marcus Rashford Loan From Manchester United With Buy Option

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Barcelona person signed Marcus Rashford connected a season’s indebtedness from Manchester United pinch an action to buy. The guardant joins aft falling retired of favour nether Ruben Amorim astatine his boyhood club.

“The subordinate has signed his statement arsenic a Barça subordinate this day successful astatine a backstage gathering successful nan beingness of nan FC Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, nan head of nan shot area and different committee members,” Barcelona said successful a statement.

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Rashford was 1 of 5 United players made to train distant from Amorim’s squad this summer. The England international, who spent nan 2nd half of past play connected indebtedness astatine Aston Villa, has been training astatine a gym successful Salford and astatine United’s Carrington base, though only aft first-team players person left.

The 27-year-old has 3 years remaining connected a £325,000-a-week statement astatine Old Trafford. Barcelona said he would go nan 10th man to play for them and United, aft Mark Hughes, Laurent Blanc, Henrik Larsson, Jordi Cruyff, Gerard Piqué, Víctor Valdés, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexis Sánchez and Memphis Depay.

Rashford has spent 20 years astatine United, scoring 138 goals successful 426 appearances for nan club, but has not featured since being dropped by Amorim for nan Manchester derby past December. He said later that period that he was fresh for a caller challenge. “Everyone astatine Manchester United wishes Marcus bully luck for nan season,” United said successful a statement.