{"id":360082,"date":"2025-12-20T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/360082\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:32:10","slug":"marcus-rashford-to-barcelona-englishman-must-meet-one-condition-to-make-permanent-move-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/360082\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford to Barcelona: Englishman must meet ‘one condition’ to make permanent move happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcus Rashford<\/a> is reportedly more likely to get his permanent move to Barcelona<\/a> than he is to return to Manchester United<\/a> after his loan spell.<\/p>\n

Deemed surplus to requirements during the winter window of the 2024-25 campaign, the Englishman joined Aston Villa temporarily, but Unai Emery’s team did not make the deal permanent.<\/p>\n

Still effectively persona non grata under Ruben Amorim<\/a> at Old Trafford, the 28-year-old was still out of favour despite showing flashes of form at Villa Park, where he scored four times in 17 appearances.<\/p>\n

The England international eventually secured his desired move to La Liga in July, joining Barcelona on a season-long loan arrangement with an agreement in place to make permanent<\/a> for \u20ac35m (\u00a326m).<\/p>\n

Barcelona ‘increasingly likely’ to trigger Rashford clause
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\u00a9 Imago \/ Pressinphoto<\/p>\n

According to Mundo Deportivo via Mirror Football<\/a>, Barcelona are now leaning towards making Rashford’s stay in Catalonia permanent during the upcoming summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

The on-loan forward has already registered 15 goal contributions across all competitions this season, including a vital late strike in the recent 2-0 Copa del Rey victory over Guadalajara.<\/p>\n

Rashford’s ability to impact games from the left flank has helped Flick’s side open up a four-point advantage over rivals Real Madrid in the title race.<\/p>\n

The forward is understood to be eager to remain in Spain long-term, having already contributed commendably since his arrival.<\/p>\n

However, one element could still play a part in Blaugurana’s final decision on the England international.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rashford vs. Raphinha<\/a> could decide Englishman’s Barcelona fate
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\u00a9 Imago \/ Pressinphoto<\/p>\n

Although the source above hints that any decision to pursue a permanent deal is closely tied to the future of manager Hansi Flick<\/a>, who is expected to extend his own contract at the club until 2028, another factor could be involved.<\/p>\n

The England star must still navigate intense competition for places following the recent return of vice-captain Raphinha from a leg injury.<\/p>\n

While Rashford’s current output is impressive, the club are reportedly monitoring how he fares in a rotational role during the second half of the campaign before finalising the transfer.<\/p>\n

Should he maintain his current levels of precision and work rate, a cut-price return to Old Trafford appears almost entirely out of the question.<\/p>\n

Flick is believed to be a massive admirer of Rashford’s professional mentality and his versatility across the front line, qualities that fit the manager’s tactical demands perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford is reportedly more likely to get his permanent move to Barcelona than he is to return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1083,1085,399,1080,427,349,1082,1084,1081,403,1079,99,1087,1086,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-360082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-rugby","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-sports-mole","21":"tag-teams","22":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}