The 27 -year -old was a key target for the Hansi Flick team during the winter transfer window, as reported exclusively, but the Blaugrana could not finalize an agreement with Manchester United and Rashford joined Aston Villa On loan instead.
A veto against Rashford
However, Catalunya Radio (via The Sun) has now said that Rashford did not obtain a transfer to Barcelona because Pedri, Gavi and Araujo have both urged the club to put an end to it in the former English international.
Ansu Fati and Andreas Christensen should both have been released to finance a transfer from Rashford, and the aforementioned trio was impatient that Barcelona used his current workforce of the first team rather than signing the winger of Man UTD. The Blaugrana finally decided not to conclude okay for Rashford and he obtained a loan to Aston Villa on February 2.
