{"id":374974,"date":"2025-12-29T11:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374974\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:04:07","slug":"barcelona-transfer-news-marcus-rashford-poll-hints-at-summer-decision-on-whether-to-sign-manchester-united-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374974\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona transfer news: Marcus Rashford ‘poll’ hints at summer decision on whether to sign Manchester United star"},"content":{"rendered":"

A majority of Barcelona<\/a> fans are reported to be in favour of signing Marcus Rashford<\/a> from Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Catalans are enjoying a break over the festive period, with their next La Liga<\/a> match to come on January 3 against Espanyol.<\/p>\n

Starting 2026 with a win will be important in order to maintain the four-point advantage that they have over second-placed Real Madrid, but they will need their forwards to be at their best given Espanyol have conceded just 17 goals in 17 league games.<\/p>\n

Winger Rashford has performed well for the club this season, and he will be hoping to start for a fourth time in nine fixtures.<\/p>\n

The Manchester United loanee could be signed permanently in the summer by Barca for a fee of \u00a326m, and\u00a0Mundo Deportivo<\/a> report that 54.6% of polled fans are in favour of the club activating their buy option, while nearly 40% are opposed.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Should Barcelona sign Marcus Rashford?<\/p>\n

It is difficult to imagine another player with Rashford’s pedigree being available in the summer for a similar fee, and his addition could be a shrewd acquisition.<\/p>\n

The Englishman has scored seven goals and provided eight assists in 1,569 minutes, and only Lamine Yamal<\/a> has more direct goal involvements (19) this season in the Barca squad.<\/p>\n

Rashford has contributed with either goals or assists against the likes of Sevilla, Newcastle United, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and\u00a0Real Sociedad, and his ability to impact matches against difficult opponents should not be overlooked.<\/p>\n

However, the 28-year-old has often relied on his pace throughout his career, and he might not represent a long-term investment.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Pressinphoto<\/p>\n

Could Barcelona face a crisis in attack?<\/p>\n

Hansi Flick<\/a>‘s side have been among the most impressive teams in the world from an offensive perspective since his arrival in 2024-25, but the German could soon encounter a number of difficulties in the frontline.<\/p>\n

Striker Robert Lewandowski<\/a> has scored 77 La Liga goals in 108 appearances, but he is 37 and cannot be expected to be a starter for much longer.<\/p>\n

Reported target Harry Kane<\/a> may be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or, but he will be 33 by the time 2026-27 begins, and he would only be a short-term signing.<\/p>\n

While Lamine Yamal is arguably one of the best players in the world despite being just 18, the risk of injury could increase by playing him so often at such a young age.<\/p>\n

Looking for a backup should be seen as a priority, especially as the Spaniard has been troubled by injury problems this campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A majority of Barcelona fans are reported to be in favour of signing Marcus Rashford from Manchester United.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,635,9920,527,576,622,514,4963,574,9919,561,457,82,9921,6525,593],"class_list":["post-374974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374974","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=374974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}