Barcelona has reassured Marcus Rashford. They have no plans to send him back to Manchester United and to remain ‘confident’, he will be a ‘top player’ in the Nou -camp.
The star of England entered a seasonal loan agreement earlier in the summer in the Spanish Champions Barcelona.
Rashford wants to earn a permanent step next summer, where Barca has an option of £ 30 million to keep him in the well -camp if they are satisfied with his performances.
The 27-year-old has passed a modest start to his career in La Liga, who as a replacement in two of the first three games of the Barcelona season.
Rashford is still waiting for his first goal or assist for the Catalan giants and it was proposed during the weekend that Barcelona already questioned their transfer decision.
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Reports in Spain said that decision -makers Barcelona were not convinced by the start of Rashford at the club and considered sending him back to Manchester United.
But Spanish football expert Guillem Balague Says that those reports are ‘absolutely nonsense’ and the message from Barcelona to Rashford has revealed.
“Absolutely nonsense that Barcelona is planning to end the Marcus Rashford Loan Deal early,” he wrote on X.
‘Barca told his representative that they have a lot of confidence in the potential of Rashford and that they believe he will recover as a top player.
“No more to say, apart from the fact that I agree with Gary Lineker and his treatment by some media.”
Rashford spent the best part of two decades in Manchester United, and made 426 first-team performances after coming through the Academy.
His most productive season for the Red Devils came in 2022-23 when he scored 30 goals in all competitors.
The last two seasons, however, were frustrating for Rashford, and he entered Bumbling in January in the hope of revitalizing his career.
Rashford showed a glimpse of his immense potential in Villa Park and rejected the chance to permanently move there in favor of a move to Barcelona.
Rashford discussed his move to the well -camp and said: ‘I am very excited. It is a club where the dreams of people come out, they win big prizes.
‘What the club stands for means a lot to me. I feel that I am at home and a big factor in my choice to come here is because it is a family place and a good place for good players to show their skills.
‘Another factor is because the conversations I had [Hansi Flick] were positive. What he did last season was great.
‘To lead such a young team to a very successful season and come back to the preseason and still want to do more, it shows me everything I thought I knew about the club and it is all I wanted.
“I would like to learn the Barcelona way.”
Rashford left a Manchester United side that only ended 15th in the Premier League last season and made a bad start of the new campaign.
United is in ‘No Man’s Land’, according to Rashford, who called on the club to ‘make a plan and stay on’ after more than a decade of stagnation.
Talk about The rest is a football podcastRashford said: ‘You see it with every team that has been successful for a certain period of time: they have principles that every coach that comes in, every player who comes in must adjust to these principles or add to these principles.
‘While I sometimes have the feeling that United has just been: we are hungry to win, so we will always try to adapt and sign players who fit this system. But it’s reactionary.
‘If you always change direction, you can’t expect you to win the competition. Yes, you may win a few cup tournaments, but it is because you have a good coach and you have good players and you have competition winners in your team – you are not there by accident.
‘We have been far below where we find the United Kingdom. But if you take a step back, what I have been able to do in the last six months, what do you expect?
‘People say we have been in a transition for years. To be in a transition, you must start the transition. So it’s as if the actual transition has not started yet.
‘To start a transition, you have to make a plan and stick to it. So this is the thing I feel – it’s not easy. Because if things are not going well, the fans demand [change].
‘But this is what I am talking about being realistic with what your situation is. I feel that we have had so many different managers and different ideas and different strategies to win … you end up in the middle of – you end up in no one’s country. ‘
Rashford started The qualifying victory of England in the World Cup on Andorra on Saturday before he was immersed in the second half by Thomas Tuchel.
Barcelona returns this weekend to La Liga Action against Valencia. The ruling La Liga champions have seven points of a possible nine after three games.
The side of Hansi Flick won a domestic treble last season while reaching the semi -final of the Champions League.
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