MARCUS RASHFORD

Marcus Rashford to report for pre-season training at Manchester United next week

Marcus Rashford will report for Manchester United pre-season training on Monday after failing to secure an early summer move. The forward is understood to have no problem with returning to the club after falling out with Ruben Amorim and going on loan to Aston Villa.

Rashford, who would like to join Barcelona, is understood to be ready to train with maximum intensity and expects to play a full part in United’s preparations until any move is agreed.

Amorim exiled Rashford after being unhappy with the forward’s attitude in training and said in January he would rather name his 63-year-old goalkeeper coach as a substitute than Rashford or any United player not prepared to give “the maximum”.

Cunha given No10 shirt.

I doubt rashers is getting no7....

United have now said the 5 players looking to move wont be joining up with training after all while they look to secure moves

The 5 being; Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Antony, Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia

It will be fascinating to see if there is anyone strong enough at O.T. to handle Cunha.  I very much doubt it.  Imagine him (cunha ) having to deal with a defender like the one who got head-butted by  Zidane.  And there’s plenty of them around.

I like players who care enough to fight.

still think the gooners wd be a good fit for him

Allegedly Rashford has said he doesn't want to play for a London club. Must mean one has made an offer and he's scared he might not get his move to Barca

BARCA are expected to contact Marcus Rashford and initiate a summer transfer after missing out on Athletic Club winger Nico Williams, according to reports. The La Liga champions seemed destined to sign Williams before the surprise announcement that he had penned a new 10-year contract in Bilbao on Friday morning.

Barcelona are now eyeing alternative options, with Liverpool's Luis Diaz and Rashford near the top of sporting director Deco and manager Hansi Flick's shortlist. According to Cadena SER, Diaz is the club's new priority, but he will prove difficult to lure away from Anfield in the coming weeks.

the above was from yesterdays express.

Cant see Liverpool selling Diaz so maybe Marcus will get his dream move.

Even if he does secure a move to Catalonia, Rashford will probably spend more time in Barcelona nightclubs than he will at the Nou Camp.

How is this going to work? Barca cannot afford a fee and wages. Will United have to pay Rashford off and let him go on a free? Who would pay money for him or his current wages..... noting Fenerbache have already signed Sancho on £210,000 a week after tax and Duran Duran

This will be fun to watch. Ineos boss is going to go nuts!

Arteta would not sign him dragon, no chance. He might have been a good fit years ago but if he don't track back he is of no use to Arteta.

Would be funny if The 61yo goalkeeping coach did not want to play and they had to play Rashford

All of this mess is of United's own making.


£45,000 a day

Would any club who has paid for a player’s services/labour be entitled to require him to be a ball-boy?
How embarrassing would that be to a £47k a day prima donna?! 

Typo.   45k.  Sry.

Barcelona have a broad agreement in principle with Manchester United over the signing of Marcus Rashford.

Talks are ongoing over a loan with an option to buy for the England international.

Sky Sports News understands that discussions will centre on the portion of the wage payment and possible compensation, should Barcelona not exercise the option to buy. (sky)

Barca are famously broke so Ratsh!t must be desperate.

no one in their right mind going to buy him and pay full wages..

more surprised they haven't managed to shift Garnacho..he should have been pretty easy..

United between a rock and a hard place. They should try and sell him to Arsenal for £70 million

Garnacho doesn't want to leave!

Ratsh!t wants him gone because he counts as home grown so his fee will all count as FFP profit.

Nearly all clubs will sell their academy talent because of FFP accounting rules.

Well having fallen out with Amorim he won't be staying...purely about how much Utd are holding out for I'd imagine..as you say is key money in terms of PSR..

Ratcliffe not really running transfer business though I'm sure he has some say.

With Garnacho Rashford and Sancho I think you've got a sliding scale of what those players think about leaving.

I agree with Nobby, don't think Garnacho wants to leave one bit, I think Rashford wants to leave as long as he gets things mostly his way but I get the impression that Sancho would rather cut off his nose to spite his face and stay just to pi55 United off.

Sancho off to juvé

Unwanted at Manchester United, yet wanted by Barcelona.

Marcus Rashford, an Old Trafford outcast since the end of last year, is edging ever closer to a dream move to the Nou Camp after a deal in principle was reached.

It's not a transfer which comes completely out of the blue, with Rashford reportedly long having his heart set on a switch to the Spanish giants and saying only last month he wanted to play alongside teenage superstar Lamine Yamal.

Barca, too, have not hidden their interest in the 27-year-old England forward. In May, sporting director Deco admitted they "like" Rashford and suggested he could "improve the team".

wow great move for him if it comes off

Yes after not giving 100% for United the £375k a week superstar will give his best for Barcelona.

Apparently his manu pay has dropped to £245k
Due to no Europa matches
Barca to pay
Or borrow the full amount
BARGAIN
NOT

is that playing on the pitch with yamal or playing with him at the gangsta,prostitue,dwarf throwing, party,s

I think Rashford is a fantastic and dedicated professional, Barcelona are a great, iconic club, I really hope that Rashford gets his dream move.

I am really looking forward to see him start the season in a Bracelona shirt.

I hope things work out for him and he can concentrate on playing football, which, he used to be quite good at.

I would like to see the contracts. I cannot imagine Barca paying any money for him. I’d like to know how much Barca pay him and how much United pay him. I would love to know how much the option price to buy is and the penalty clause for not buying him. I think United are losing this battle.

I also cannot believe that Arsenal bought Madeuweke from Chelsea at that price. Maybe he is on low wages. He us a decent player but why give £50 million to a rival? If Liverpool get Hugo we are all fooked. He is a talent

Barcelona have sealed all the documents of Rashford deal, set to land in Spain.

Understand Barça will pay €14m gross as salary coverage plus bonuses linked to appearances.

Marcus takes 15% pay cut and Man Utd will not cover his salary.

€30m buy option for June 2026.


Fab.r so this will be fairly accurate.

Good riddance? A player not wanting to play for the club because he's not keen on the present manager is not much of a professional in my eyes; managers come and go; players eg Kane stays out of loyalty.

Villa did not make an offer after getting him on loan. Why?

Let's be clear though, he's not leaving because he didn't want to play for the club, he's leaving because the club doesn't want him playing for the club.

I think the truth is often whichever
side you believe.

She didn't finish with me, I dumped her...

From my understanding, Villa need to tighten their belts and simply couldn't afford him.

Rashford turned unprofessional, for whatever reason, while ETH was in charge, almost as soon as they gave him 325k a week on a long contract and then signed Ronaldo and made him serve up assists to him. It predates Amorim, so don't be blaming him or saying he's a dedicated pro etc.

If United aren't subbing his wages, then that's the best deal United could have got. He has zero sale value on those wages with 3 years left.

These option/obligation deals are generally just to appease fans and make the club look good. Do Barca agree post-option wages with Rashford now? Doubtful. Seems like nothing is agreed and Rashford can say no to Barca even if they want to exercise the option. Doubt any club is going to commit to a big post-option wage with him now when they have him on loan for a year, esp Barca given their financial situation.

Villa were never taking him, even if they got CL. Their highest paid are 150k a week. Would have 3-4 players looking for an extra 75k a week minimum if they'd taken him.

The moral of the story... get shot of players the moment they think they are better than their team mates.

United’s current situation is all Rashfords fault is it? He is a young man of 27.

Who is running the club?

Is Rashford the only problem?

Rashford has been a festering sore at the club. You don't get booted from the first team squad for turning up in dirty boots.

Remember what Amorim said.... he’d rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach, Jorge Vital, than a player not fully committed

Man United have a tough start. Rashford would be better off waiting 10 games, and maybe United will get Emery in.

Ooh, you are awful

Rashford turned unprofessional, for whatever reason, while ETH was in charge, almost as soon as they gave him 325k a week on a long contract and then signed Ronaldo and made him serve up assists to him. It predates Amorim, so don't be blaming him or saying he's a dedicated pro etc.


Ronaldo left about 8 months before the big money deal was signed, he got it on the back of a 30 goal season and having only one year left on his current contract with PSG (and others) looking at picking him up on a free potentially (aka doing a Trent)..

Remember what Amorim said.... he’d rather play his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach, Jorge Vital, than a player not fully committed

Maybe that’s why United just avoided relegation?

United have a huge problem and a crumbling stadium.

Arsenal are a well run club still without a centre forward. Liverpool have just bought 4 players that make them better and are prepared for when Salam eventually goes.

United do not have a defence….. is that Rashfords fault?

Rashford clealy isn't the cause of all Utd's problems but he was hardly helping,

if you manage to fall out with a coach within the first month because your training levels and attitude  are sub par you need to take some responsibility for that.

Yeah I was wrong about the timeline but he went from playing well to having to provide for Ronaldo then playing well again under ETH and then awful the following year (right after his big deal) and looking like he wasn't interested. It goes back to OGS/Rangnick and ETH era. Not a new thing under Amorim. There's an unprofessional attitude going back a long time and Amorim saw it from the start.

Indeed, I've no problem with Amorim trying to set some standards (as at times with ETH)..needs to get the team playing better pretty swiftly though..

Selling Rashford would have been the dream scenario for United but make no mistake, Barcelona taking him , and he's their plan B or C remember and being prepared to cover his wages is an absolute stonking result for United.

Rashford had gone wrong way before Amorim turned up, this all started after the new contract and began when ETH was in charge.

Now he can go to Barca and prove how good he is and whast fools United have been, all the motivation in the world is there for him...go on Marcus, show us!!!!

Have faith brentford, it's a simple game, get proper good players on the pitch and things improve, we've just signed two of those which is a departure to the normal way of things through the past ten years and something that took me by surprise, I keep saying and do believe that improvement or otherwise is not linear, a couple signings will improve things massively and will rub off on those around them enabling others to perform better also.

Yes we need more but we'll begin to build on the positivity that these will create now.

Centre mid remains a massive concern (he doesn't fancy Mainoo and Ugarte went out of favour at the end of the season..)

with the players brought in you'd assume he has a view to playing Fernandes deep, if that's with Cas' not too much will change imo..hopefully it's in the thinking before season start..

despite all the stick Hojlund has had in the media he's more than capable of a 15-20 goal season with a team playing well around him which is why the Italian clubs keep hoping to getting him cheap..

GK also time to at least get some competition for Onana, possibility of getting the young keeper in from Antwerp but that's a speculative punt rather than a solid option..

Agree with all of that apart from Holund long term, Mainoo, Cas, Mount, Hojlund, Onana Shaw and even Amad in the end I reckon wouldn't survive, my point is that even with all of that I think that those signings we've made along with a decent striker will take up a lot of the slack and see improvement whilst we remedy the rest.

Ugarte too not up to it, we definitely need our very own Caceido type in there pretty urgently.

Rashford is guaranteed a place on the subs bench at the Nou Camp. Whether he gets any meaningful playing time is a different matter.

I saw him up close when Palace thumped Villa 4-1 last season and he was running around like a headless chicken doing absolutely nothing constructive.

Rashford passes Barcelona medical

I'd not mind saying UK will not miss his football. I hope he's a success in Spain.

I hope he's been practising his dwarf throwing.

Barca-loaner. The headlines write themselves.

Marcus Rashford says he feels like he is "at home" at Barcelona after completing a season-long loan move to the La Liga club.

The 27-year-old has joined on an initial 12-month loan from Manchester United, with the Catalan giants having the option of signing the England international on a permanent basis for £30.3m (35m euros) in 2026.

He is the first English player to sign for Barcelona, who won the league and cup double last season, since Gary Lineker in 1986.

Rashford hasn't played for Manchester United, his boyhood club, since last December after being dropped by manager Ruben Amorin, and spent the second half of the 2024-25 season on loan at Aston Villa.

In July, it was confirmed that he was one of five players to tell the club that he wanted to leave.

"I'm very excited," Rashford told Barcelona's YouTube channel. "It's a club where people's dreams come true, they win big prizes.

"What the club stands for means a lot for me. I feel like I'm 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 showcase their skills.

"Another factor is because the conversations I had with [Hansi Flick] were positive. What he did last season was terrific. To lead such a young team to a very successful season and come back to pre-season and still want to do more, it shows me everything I thought I knew about the club and it's everything I wished.

"I'm eager to learn the Barcelona way."

Barcelona will cover the entirety of Rashford's wages during his time at the club after the forward agreed to take a pay cut.

Removing Rashford from the wage bill is expected to save United between £14-£15m over the next 12 months.

The England international trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Tuesday and is expected to be included in the squad that travels to Japan for a pre-season tour of Asia on Thursday.

The move sees the forward leave the Premier League for the first time in his career.

Rashford has scored 138 goals in 426 matches for Manchester United since making his debut for the club in 2016 and won five major trophies.

He is 15th on the club's all-time scorers list, having emerged from United's academy.

We should have included Sancho in the deal

I give it 2 matches before the monkey chants start - Rashford seems to have an idyllic view of Barca that it might meet if he scores and scores. Looks to have 'whipping boy' role written all over it.

Can’t see him being first choice.

Good luck to him. I hope playing with such good players improves him as a player.

Greater Manchester Police have been called in to advise Marcus on how to behave while abroad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H43xjgXup0c&t=40s

^^^^^^^^^^

In my experience the Spanish can be quite racist.

Portugal on the other hand is a very well integrated country.

Nowt as **** as folk.

**** = q u e e r

Seems like half the Barca players dont like him or want him there already

^what's that based on ?

The young winger is not the only Barca player said to be concerned about the signing of Rashford.

Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski are said to have been ‘very cold’ to the forward, as they ‘don’t like him’.

Young winger mentioned is Yamal

Football 365 and other various articles on the net

So basically just completly made up guff with no substance and with no named sources or direct public quotes from any player, peddled by several media outlets to generate clicks as is the done thing in 2025, OK.

Should fck off to gaza and dish out his food parcels.
Dont think he will get aN OBE or MBE though.

How exactly is he getting into this team with Yamal and Raphina on either wing and Lewandowski up top, seems to me he'g taken a pay cut to warm the bench at Barca and will miss out on a World Cup place, so will probably be farmed out on loan in Jan to Real Sociedad or some such club.

Raphina a better season than Yamal and Yamal is awesom.

Redford’s best hope is an injury to the Pole.

New Barcelona signing Marcus Rashford will make his home debut on Sunday, facing Como in a final friendly before the onset of La Liga.

But it's not exactly the first appearance in his new city that Rashford would have envisaged.

The game will be played inside Barca's training ground, with his availability for next weekend's league opener still not guaranteed.

good player

Lineker has an interview with Rashford out tomorrow, Wednesday 13th, on his podcast

In the their best Donald J Trump mode Sky have talked me into a deal to stay for at least 6 months so I'm back in the game tv wise.

I have to say I haven't been impressed with us pre season.

It's the same old style with better forwards .

Very little build up with most of our threat coming like it has for the last decade from fast transitions.

Our lack of a midfield is going to seriously hurt us and Bruno neither has the skill set or discipline to play there unfortunately.

His version of setting the tempo is to play blind passes and flicks at every opportunity and make it frantic.
He offers no real presence or stability in there and it leaves whoever his partner will be to the wolves on his own.

With the improved attack we should beat the cannon fodder and possibly get a few decent results against the better teams playing on the counter but it's against the ten or so teams in the middle of the league that we will really struggle against again.

Those teams who are packed with pacey athlete's in the middle and flanks.

We just have no one to nullify those type of players when we open up to try win a game.

Even with all our new signings up front shoehorning Bruno into a central midfield two will be a disastrous hindrance to our build up and control of games.
He'll still have him moments of course but I seriously doubt he'll be a net plus back there.

OD, there is very little cannon fodder in the Premier League.

Today should be a good test, we'll know a lot more come six thirty

Oh dear,   I seem to have posted on the wring thread.
If anyone with computer literacy is about maybe they could paste it over to the United thread please.

Nobby,  there's always the 3 promoted teams plus one or two others,
Brentford for example could spiral this year.

Nobby,  there's always the 3 promoted teams plus one or two others,
Brentford for example could spiral this year.

Hansi Flick has warned Marcus Rashford that he must improve both physically and mentally if he wants to play more regularly for Barcelona.

Importantly, the club still have faith in the English forward.


Yeah, sounds like they are keeping the faith, for all the criticism of United, getting his wages off the books for a season was an impressive piece of work.

He likes playing on the right wing but I can't recall him ever having a great game there.

lol left wing

Herr Flick signing the fallen Rashford was a big booby

Utter useless. His head is too big, and thinks he's Ronaldo or Mbappe or Messi, Arguero or even Kane. Aston Villa did not want him on a permanent basis either. I watched him in the 1st half - he was pants.

I swapped him for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

I always preferred young Marcus in the box, ramming the ball in the net or arriving late and riffling the ball in from around the spot. No thinking just shooting.

Crisp77.   You said it only wance.

well that was a pretty amazing performace- 2 terrific goals well done

good to see lad back in form

back in form = 1 Game

2 good goals but he has been stinking up La Liga thus far like his attitude at Villa stunk.

My hope is Amoriom gets the boot and Marcus ends up back in Manchester to stink out his new club once he gets a contract extension to finish out his career.

Obviously you don't like him but I would be happy with a couple of good goals for Barcelona, stinking la liga, if he was he wouldn't get selected for champions league Barcelona, I've not seen his la liga matches, but i assume you are talking rubbish.

2 goals and a victory for the club is not back to form ? What do define is back to form ? is it 5 goals ?

He hasn't been performing well in La Liga which has led to criticism frm his manager, let's see if he can sustain an improvement over a period of time.

Hopefully he can for his manager and himself, club he plays for and fans, not too keen on managers who criticise their players in public, but if he did ? perhaps it's worked in this occasion, time will tell.

The manager doesnt need to tell media anything about his views on his players apart from maybe fitness and availability, his team selection will tell you what he thinks. If you are selected he's happy with you, if not he's not happy and thinks he has better options. Pretty straightforward in my eyes.

Agreed MALAY.  Well put.

dropped last night cos he was yet again late to a meeting

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6649435/2025/09/21/marcus-rashford-barcelona-getafe-late/

What is wrong with this fella?  Gets handed a gold-plated chance to reclaim his career and he won’t address club rules/discipline.
One of the few things I have remembered Shearer ever saying was - “on time is late, ten minutes early is on time”.
A brilliant maxim to work by.  Have no sympathy for this immature, ignorant, disrespectful young man at all.