{"id":17986,"date":"2026-05-06T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17986\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:03:10","slug":"marcus-rashford-man-utd-reach-decision-on-selling-barcelona-winger-as-arsenal-stance-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17986\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford: Man Utd reach decision on selling Barcelona winger as Arsenal stance revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United would be willing to sell Marcus Rashford to Arsenal in the summer transfer window, as the Red Devils\u2019 co-owners, INEOS, are ready to cut ties with the Barcelona loanee for good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/marcus-rashford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashford<\/a> joined Barcelona on a season-long loan deal from Man Utd in the summer of 2025 and is scheduled to return to Old Trafford this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/barcelona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> have the option to make Rashford\u2019s loan deal permanent for \u20ac30million (\u00a329m).<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/manchester-united-barcelona-marcus-rashford-new-transfer-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona want another loan arrangement with Man Utd over Rashford<\/a>, even though they have been hugely impressed with the England international winger.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s reluctance to trigger their option has allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-double-raid-man-utd-revealed-rashford-key-factor-60m-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal to show interest in Rashford<\/a>, according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> want to upgrade their left-wing options next season, with Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli the two recognised players in that position.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/gyokeres-truth-clear-arsenal-fan-patience-questioned\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gyokeres and club-record signing among five big-money players who have whelmed the most this season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/marcus-rashford-man-utd-arsenal-barcelona\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk<\/a> has also reported Arsenal\u2019s interest in Rashford, with the reliable transfer media outlet suggesting that Man Utd would be willing to sell the 28-year-old to their Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> would \u2018prefer a permanent sale\u2019 of Rashford this summer and get him off their books for good.<\/p>\n<p>The report has stated: \u2018For their part, Man Utd are more than open to him heading elsewhere, and the likes of\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0and Bayern Munich have been keeping tabs on the situation \u2013 with both in the market to bolster their left-sided attacking options.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Rashford stance on leaving Man Utd for Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>However, Rashford is \u2018determined\u2019 to continue his career at Barcelona and wants to keep on playing under manager Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n<p>The England international has been one of Barcelona\u2019s best players this season and has been in fine form.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/manchester-united-harry-kane-bayern-munich-sir-jim-ratcliffe-ineos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ratcliffe ready to \u2018welcome\u2019 Kane to Man Utd as he gets \u2018clearest signal\u2019 yet from Bayern star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old winger has made 46 appearances for Barcelona in the 2025\/26 campaign, scoring 13 goals and providing 14 assists in the process.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what happens if Rashford continues to insist on staying at Barcelona and the Catalan club persists in not triggering the buy-option.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd may be willing to offload Rashford to Arsenal, but if the winger sticks to his guns, then the club\u2019s co-owners, INEOS, may have to accede to Barcelona\u2019s demands and do yet another loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rangers striker and talkSPORT pundit Ally McCoist has already backed Rashford to star at Arsenal should he make the move to the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>McCoist said: \u201c100 per cent I could see him playing there (at Arsenal).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus Rashford could thrive at Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [Arsenal] would have to offload first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe right-hand side of the attack, I\u2019m thinking about Madueke, Saka, you throw in Martinelli, Trossard on the left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was Marcus Rashford, I\u2019d probably want him to think about staying where I am at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the deal is, Hansi Flick has been very complimentary about him, and he\u2019s done well when he\u2019s come in, goal returns good, assists good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m Marcus Rashford, I\u2019m going to stay where I am. Especially given he\u2019s going to win the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-manchester-city-phil-foden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City midfielder responds to Arsenal \u2018interest\u2019 and makes immediate decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man Utd legend Paul Scholes believes that Rashford should try to return to Aston Villa, where he had a loan spell in the second half of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Former Man Utd midfielder Nicky Butt said on The Good, The Bad &amp; The Football\u00a0podcast: \u201cI think it would be wrong for Marcus for it to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s made that break now, and that would be the toughest thing he had to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI done it, leave the club you were brought up with, that\u2019s the hardest thing, that initial break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went to Villa had a great cameo role there, Barcelona he started off well, for some reason he\u2019s not getting games now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he will go somewhere else, it\u2019s just where and who can afford him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholes observed: \u201cAt Barcelona he will only ever be back-up to Raphinha and Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s down to the lad, does he want to go to a Villa, that type of club where he is going to play every week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butt replied: \u201cMarcus needs to play every week, he needs confidence, he needs an arm round him, then you have an unbelievable talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he\u2019s a bit part player and he\u2019s not playing every week and he\u2019s not feeling loved, that\u2019s when he loses his love of football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad because he\u2019s got such unbelievable talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholes concluded: \u201cI think his time is done at United.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United would be willing to sell Marcus Rashford to Arsenal in the summer transfer window, as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[366,92,1707,2758,263,936,273,100,1743],"class_list":{"0":"post-17986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-marcus-rashford","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}