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Posted on: Sunday, March 20, 2022 – 2:31 AM | Last update: Sunday 20 March 2022 – 2:40 AM
British media reports quoted sources close to the Manchester United striker, Marcus Rashford, that Barcelona had expressed his desire to obtain his services, amid the uncertainty of his future in his team.
The sources told the “Manchester Evening Standard” website, “The player’s phone does not stop ringing” since he decided to think regarding his future away from the “Old Trafford” stadium, especially following sitting on the bench of the reserve players in the derby match once morest Manchester City, which United lost 1- 4 during the current month.
Barcelona did not hesitate to test the pulse of the Rashford camp, declaring its desire to obtain the services of the twenty-four-year-old, whose contract with Manchester United expires in June 2023 with the possibility of activating the English club for this contract for an additional season.
Barcelona needs a striker in the long term, because his French winger, Osman Dembele, whose contract expires next June, and the two parties have not reached an agreement to renew their association.
Dutchman Luke de Jong and Spaniard Adama Traore are loaned to Barcelona until the end of the season, while Gabonese Pierre Emeric Aubameyang is thirty-three years old, and therefore striker Ferran Torres is the only young man in the front line of the Catalan club.
Barcelona had contacted Rashford camp before Manchester United renewed his contract for four years in 2019.
Rashford’s name has also been associated with Paris Saint-Germain, which is seeking to find a possible alternative in the event of the departure of its brilliant striker Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid at the end of his contract in June.
