{"id":479502,"date":"2026-05-11T17:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:31:14","slug":"marcus-rashford-koeman-tells-barcelona-to-avoid-insane-transfer-call-as-carrick-gets-involved-in-man-utd-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479502\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford: Koeman tells Barcelona to avoid \u2018insane\u2019 transfer call as Carrick gets involved in Man Utd decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald Koeman has urged Barcelona to get a deal done with Manchester United for Marcus Rashford, as Red Devils\u2019 interim manager Michael Carrick tells the club\u2019s co-owners, INEOS, his take on the winger\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/marcus-rashford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashford<\/a><\/strong> has done well for Barcelona since his season-long loan deal from Man Utd in the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The England international winger has scored 14 goals and provided 14 assists in 47 matches in all competitions for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> this season.<\/p>\n<p>One of those goals for Rashford came in Barcelona\u2019s 2-0 win against Real Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou in El Clasico on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The England international winger found the back of the net after just nine minutes with a stunning free kick, as Barcelona won LaLiga for the second season in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Former Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman was following the match, and he believes that the Catalan giants should exercise the \u20ac30million (\u00a326m) buy-option in the loan deal and keep Rashford at the club permanently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-target-ederson-reaches-decision-joining-man-utd-transfer-two-conditions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal target Ederson reaches decision on joining Man Utd as transfer hinges on two conditions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/marcus-rashford-arsenal-manchester-united-barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona are in talks with Man Utd over another loan deal for Rashford<\/a><\/strong> before signing the winger permanently in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Koeman said about Rashford, as quoted in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/rashford-cumple-su-palabra-f202605-n\/\" target=\"_blank\">AS<\/a>: \u201cIf Barcelona let him return to Manchester United after this loan, I think they will regret it immensely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause\u00a0\u20ac30million in the current market for a player with these characteristics, these numbers, this experience\u2026\u00a0that\u2019s a rip-off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRashford hurts teams. Madrid looked terrified\u00a0every time he turned and ran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst Real Madrid, he completely destroyed them on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-team-season-25-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal 4 Man City 4 in Premier League XI of season so far<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe speed, the aggression, the directness, the confidence \u2013 Madrid couldn\u2019t handle him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time Barcelona advanced, he was the danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe scores a free kick in El Cl\u00e1sico, stretches the entire defensive line, creates numerical advantages, presses, gets in behind the defence, and yet\u00a0there are people within the club who hesitate to pay \u20ac30 million?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat seems insane to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Carrick wants Marcus Rashford at Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rashford himself has made it clear that he wants to stay at Barcelona, but <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a><\/strong> interim manager Michael Carrick has other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/premier-league\/decision-united-carrick-afecta-rashford-130025645\" target=\"_blank\">Sport<\/a>, Carrick, who was appointed the interim manager of Man Utd in January 2026 following the departure of Ruben Amorim from Old Trafford, believes that Rashford still has a future at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p>While Man Utd co-owners INEOS would like to see the back of Rashford for good, Carrick thinks that the Englishman could be an asset for the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona-leaning Spanish publication has noted: \u2018The English manager has been one of the striker\u2019s biggest supporters in recent months and has never ruled out a return to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In fact, Carrick believes Rashford can still be important for United and has publicly insisted that no decision has been made regarding his situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Carrick\u2019s role is key because there is no consensus within the club regarding the English striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Part of the sporting management is pushing for a definitive change of era and considers a sale this summer a priority, especially given his high salary.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Carrick, on the other hand, believes Rashford can still rediscover his best form in Manchester and values \u200b\u200bthe performance he has shown during his loan spell at Barca.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-irony-var-pointless-man-utd-fans-rage-mailbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal irony shows VAR \u2018pointless\u2019 as Man Utd fans rage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronald Koeman has urged Barcelona to get a deal done with Manchester United for Marcus Rashford, as Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[19139,18,793,794,19,17,20,25141,5,795,4335,132,5279],"class_list":{"0":"post-479502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-marcus-rashford","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-soccer","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-uncategorized"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116557138323876784","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}