According to Sport, the sports director of FC Barcelona, Deco, met the agent of the Manchester United striker on Wednesday morning to discuss a possible transfer. The Blaugrana believe that a transfer for Luis Diaz, his absolute priority, will be “very difficult” to achieve and have decided to present their alternatives.
Rashford was already an option for Barcelona during the January transfer window, but the Catalan club had no room for maneuver in its salary ceiling. The English international, who seems to favor a transfer to Barcelona, waited until the last days of the transfer market before obtaining a loan to Aston Villa.
Rashford wishes to join Barcelona.
Manchester United has set a price of 48 million euros
An obstacle could be its sale price. United set a price of 48 million euros for Rashford and favors a sale to a loan. However, Barcelona knows that the Red Devils are desperately looking to get rid of his salary. The transfer would be a loan, most likely accompanied by a purchase option.
The meeting in Barcelona confirmed that Rashford would be ready to wait for a transfer to Camp Nou. This would require a lot of patience, Barcelona having not yet resolved its salary ceiling problems, but Rashford is ready to wait if the interest is solid. Hansi Flick gave the green light, and he and Deco consider that Rashford corresponds to their style of play. Fabrizio Romano added that Rashford is one of the four options pre -selected by Barcelona.
A amounts between 70 and 85 million euros have been put forward so that Barcelona recruited his top priority, Luis Diaz from Liverpool. However, a recent report also suggests that Diaz would exploit the interest of FC Barcelona for contractual negotiations, even if it would also be open to a transfer to Barcelona. A loan from Rashford would be a very different option.
