An agent has expressed his disbelief that Marcus Rashford earned a loan move to Barcelona after struggling at Manchester United, as England head coach Thomas Tuchel gives advice to the forward on how to revive his career.<\/p>\n
Rashford<\/a> joined LaLiga giants Barcelona on a season-long loan deal from Man Utd in the summer of 2025. TEAMtalk\u2019s transfer correspondent, Fraser Fletcher, has long reported that Rashford\u2019s long-term dream has always been to play for Barcelona<\/a>, and it eventually came true.<\/p>\n TEAMtalk understands that Barcelona<\/a> have the option to make Rashford\u2019s loan deal permanent for \u00a326million (\u20ac30m, $35.1m) next summer.<\/p>\n According to The Sun, Barcelona will certainly trigger that option to sign Rashford permanently<\/a>, with last season\u2019s LaLiga winners of the opinion that it would be \u2018a bargain\u2019.<\/p>\n Rashford struggled in the latter years of his career at Man Utd<\/a>, but he stepped up his game at Aston Villa during a loan spell in the second half of last season.<\/p>\n The England international forward scored four goals and gave six assists in 17 appearances for Villa, and his revival has continued at Barcelona.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old has scored three goals and registered five assists in 10 appearances for Barcelona so far in the 2025\/26 campaign, but an agent has expressed his shock to The Athletic<\/a> that he earned a move to the defending Spanish champions in the first place.<\/p>\n While looking at the most surprising deal of the summer transfer window, The Athletic noted: \u201cMore than one agent flagged Marcus Rashford\u2019s loan from Manchester United to Barcelona, with one admitting: \u2018I just don\u2019t understand how on earth he\u2019s pulled that move off, really.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT\u00a0\ud83d\udd34\u26ab\ufe0f\u00a0Man Utd regret as Ballon d\u2019Or nominee stars in number 10 role for country \u2013 \u00a321m deal looking silly now<\/a><\/p>\n What Thomas Tuchel has said about Marcus Rashford<\/p>\n Perhaps Rashford was lucky to get a move to Barcelona, but his performances for the Blaugrana suggest that he made the right decision and is contributing to Hansi Flick\u2019s side.<\/p>\n Rashford is also a regular for England, having scored 18 goals in 64 appearances for the Three Lions.<\/p>\n England manager Thomas Tuchel is a huge fan of the forward, but the former Chelsea boss has made it clear that the 27-year-old needs to continue to work hard and get even better.<\/p>\n The Independent<\/a> quotes Tuchel as saying about Rashford: \u201cHe can be one of the best in the world because the quality I see in training, the finishing with both legs and with the head.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is explosive, he is fast, he is strong in the air, so where are the limits? There are no limits \u2013 but the numbers don\u2019t reach the potential, it is as easy as that.<\/p>\n \u201cHe needs to push himself into goal involvements, that means goals and assists, it is as easy as that.\u201d<\/p>\n On Rashford\u2019s decision to join Barcelona, Tuchel said: \u201cI didn\u2019t know if he pushed himself; I don\u2019t know if \u2018admire\u2019 is the right word.<\/p>\n \u201cI can feel him for him and I thought in my first camp that it would help him if he felt my support for him. He was at Aston Villa at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that was quite a bold move, because to go in a working team, and a team that was well settled, and played a hard-working style, I think that was a very, very good move for him and he settled in very quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd for the work-rate against the ball, I selected him. And still, he had not as many goals and not as many goal involvements as he could have.<\/p>\n \u201cHe creates quite a lot of chances, but for the quality and finishing that we see with training, he just doesn\u2019t score enough, so that\u2019s the next step.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that is the headline for him [consistency]. To keep on pushing himself to the limit. I think the limit for him is very, very high. Maybe higher than for others.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has the potential, but potential is a dangerous word with high-level sports. You have to reach your personal best on a regular basis.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is what is demanded on this kind of level, and that is the challenge for him. It\u2019s not a question of talent, it\u2019s a question of whether he can prove the point at club and international level.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is his task, whether he starts for us or comes off the bench, he has to constantly prove himself.\u201d<\/p>\n HAVE YOU SIGNED UP?\u00a0\ud83d\udcab\u00a0Get the inside story first by joining\u00a0our\u00a0TEAMtalk Facebook channel<\/a>\u00a0to receive the latest breaking and exclusive news straight into your Messenger inbox.\u00a0<\/p>\n Latest Man Utd news: Mainoo reaction in training, Wharton blow<\/p>\n While Rashford has already left Man Utd, Kobbie Mainoo could depart from Old Trafford in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n Sources have told TEAMtalk that Mainoo is considering a loan exit from Man Utd in the middle of the season, as manager Ruben Amorim continues to overlook him for a place in the starting line-up.<\/p>\n Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has revealed how Mainoo has reacted to Amorim\u2019s decision in Man Utd training<\/a>.<\/p>\n Romano has also revealed whether Man Utd would be able to convince Crystal Palace to sell them Adam Wharton<\/a> in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n