Marcus Rashford says he already \u201cfeels at home\u201d in Barcelona after his loan switch was confirmed on Wednesday and also addressed \u2018the situation\u2019 at Manchester United.<\/p>\n
Rashford<\/a> has joined on an initial 12-month loan from Manchester United, with the Catalan giants holding the option of signing him on a permanent basis for \u00a330.3m (35m euros) in 2026.<\/p>\n Barcelona will cover the entirety of Rashford\u2019s wages during his time at the club after the forward agreed to take a pay cut, with United set to save around \u00a315m with him removed from the wage bill.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Man Utd legacy tarnished as Rashford bags barely-deserved Barca move\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI feel at home here; it\u2019s a very family-oriented club,\u201d Rashford said at his unveiling. \u201cI always try to make decisive, quick, and dynamic moves, and I\u2019ve always loved good football. That\u2019s why, since I was little, I\u2019ve loved watching\u00a0Barca, just like all football fans.<\/p>\n \u201cThey won a ton of titles last year, and I can see they\u2019re ambitious to win more this year, very excited. I think it\u2019s a club every player wants to play for. They\u2019ve made me feel at home in these first few hours; everyone has made me feel very comfortable.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Two Barcelona stars \u2018very cold\u2019 to Rashford as \u2018they don\u2019t like\u2019 Man Utd loanee in \u2018bad start\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOne of the key reasons for me coming here was him (Hansi Flick), the conversation I had with him was very positive.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m eager to get started and learn from the \u2018Barca method.\u2019 He\u2019s one of the great coaches. Last season, he did an incredible job with a young team, with many successes.<\/p>\n \u201cI thank the fans for the welcome and hope you enjoy it. It\u2019s my first time here, and the first game will be a special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE ON MAN UTD FROM F365: Rashford hasn\u2019t played for Manchester United since last December after being dropped by manager Ruben Amorin for the Manchester derby over what the Portuguese boss claimed to be a lack of effort in training.<\/p>\n The England international spent the second half of the 2024-25 season on loan at Aston Villa, and looked to be back close to his best with four goals and six assists in 17 appearances for the Villans.<\/p>\n Asked about leaving United, Rashford added: \u201cThe situation with United is the club is in a period of change and they have been for a while. So I don\u2019t have anything bad to say about Manchester United\u2026 I wish them all the best and hope they are successful in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n The 27-year-old 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford says he already \u201cfeels at home\u201d in Barcelona after his loan switch was confirmed on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[1205,49,48,700,2680,2678,44,561,82],"class_list":["post-19857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-front-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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