{"id":533187,"date":"2026-03-19T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533187\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:33:08","slug":"rashford-transfer-to-barcelona-collapses-as-star-asks-agent-to-halt-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533187\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford transfer to Barcelona collapses as star &#8216;asks agent to halt&#8217; move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are \u2018confident\u2019 that Man Utd will accept their latest proposal for Marcus Rashford, according to reports, but the England international could now pull out of a deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan side took Rashford on a season-long loan deal in the summer with a buyout clause inserted to potentially make the deal permanent for \u20ac30m (\u00a326m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/marcus-rashford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashford<\/a> spent the second half of last season out on loan at Premier League side Aston Villa after falling out with Ruben Amorim, who was sacked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>There were rumours that Rashford could potentially return to Man Utd now that Amorim is gone but the England international is clear that he wants to remain at the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>Doubts have emerged in recent months over the affordability of a deal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> as they have other targets in mind for the summer too, despite Rashford willing to take a pay cut.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have reportedly attempted renegotiate the fee down, while there has been speculation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-ask-barcelona-casado-return-rashford-fee-lowered\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Catalans could attempt to include players in a summer transfer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-five-contract-errors-bad-deals-decisions-casemiro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Five massive Man Utd contract mistakes amid calls for Casemiro extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journalist Ben Jacobs revealed earlier this week that Man Utd have received a proposal from Barcelona that would see Rashford move on loan for a second season.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-rashford-transfer-brink-collapse-talks-barcelona-ineos-five-sales\" target=\"_blank\">Jacobs wrote on talkSPORT<\/a>: \u2018Manchester United sources have consistently insisted Barcelona must pay the \u20ac30m option to buy if they want to make Rashford\u2019s move permanent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018United sources stress this is excellent value for money given it falls below Rashford\u2019s market valuation. This position has also been directly communicated to Barcelona sporting director Deco.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Multiple club-to-club meetings have already taken place this year, starting in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These have been initiated by Barcelona to try and re-negotiate both the number and structure of the option to buy.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-casemiro-new-contract-avoid-temptation-midfield-replacement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd and Casemiro must not spoil the perfect goodbye<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-baleba-open-transfer-ineos-accelerate-blockbuster-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a373m Premier League star \u2018open\u2019 to Man Utd transfer as INEOS \u2018accelerate\u2019 huge deal<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-advanced-talks-newcastle-69m-transfer-real-madrid-threat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd in \u2018advanced talks\u2019 to sign Newcastle star for \u00a369m as Romano gives update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018talkSPORT understands Deco has also proposed a second season-long loan as one option allowing Barcelona more time pay off the fee while still giving Manchester United the full valuation of the clause.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And now the Daily Mail insist that Barcelona \u2018are confident United will accept a second loan if there\u2019s an obligatory buy clause with Barca paying part of the \u00a326m fee at the end of this season and Rashford signing permanently in 2027.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The report adds: \u2018Barcelona want to keep Marcus Rashford beyond this season when his loan deal expires \u2013 but want him on loan again next term to avoid paying Manchester United \u00a326million this summer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rashford was an unused subsitute on Wednesday night as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-newcastle-man-city-chelsea-spurs-champions-league-embarrassment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona tore Newcastle apart<\/a> at the Camp Nou in a 7-2 demolition in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 clash.<\/p>\n<p>And reports in Spain are now claiming that Rashford has \u2018asked his agents to halt the deal\u2019 as he \u2018doesn\u2019t feel important to the project\u2019 at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds:\u00a0\u2018The reality is that Barca was making progress in acquiring Marcus Rashford \u2018s services. The club was considering exercising the purchase option included in his loan agreement, confident that the Englishman could be a key player in attack. Everything seemed to be on track until this latest development. The lack of playing time has created doubts for the player, who now isn\u2019t so sure he fits into Flick\u2019s project .<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Furthermore, Rashford understands that his current situation doesn\u2019t match the profile of player Bar\u00e7a was looking for. He arrived with the expectation of playing a significant role in the team, but the reality he\u2019s experiencing is very different, as he sees himself as a mere substitute with no chance of competing for a place in the starting eleven.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona are \u2018confident\u2019 that Man Utd will accept their latest proposal for Marcus Rashford, according to reports, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-533187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533187","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=533187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}