According to reports, Barcelona are under threat of being hijacked by another European giant in the race to sign Manchester United outcast Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n
The England international remains on the exit ramp at Man Utd<\/strong> <\/a>as he is not part of head coach Ruben Amorim\u2019s plans at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n It was initially hoped that Amorim\u2019s appointment would help Rashford<\/strong> <\/a>return to form after he was heavily criticised for his poor performances and attitude during the latter days of Erik ten Hag\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n Rashford showed what he was capable of producing in the 2022\/23 campaign as he scored 30 goals in all competitions, but his form dramatically declined in the following months and Amorim\u2019s arrival did not have the desired effect.<\/p>\n Amorim swiftly took an issue with Rashford\u2019s attitude as he fell in the pecking order before the forward announced his intention to leave Man Utd during the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Transfer rumour ranking: Man Utd to get top striker for free? Forest fuming over leak<\/a> Rashford\u2019s downturn and huge salary proved stumbling blocks as he had limited options in January, but Aston Villa\u2019s risk paid off as he grabbed four goals and six assists during his impressive loan spell at Villa Park.<\/p>\n His resurgence under Unai Emery has made him a more tempting transfer target for clubs across Europe, with reports indicating that Barcelona have made him their \u2018clear number one target\u2019.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Barcelona are in the market for a new winger as they are keen to add cover for Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, with it suggested that they have turned to Rashford as an alternative to Luis Diaz and Nico Williams.<\/p>\n However, Barcelona\u2019s financial issues is a complication and a report from The Sun claims<\/a> they face competition from Serie A giants Juventus for Rashford.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Juventus have also been linked with Jadon Sancho this summer, but The Sun claims they have decided to make Rashford their \u2018No.1\u2019 target.<\/p>\n The Turin side are said to be \u2018accelerating plans\u2019 to sign Rashford, who is said to be \u2018desperate to force an exit\u2019 from Man Utd this summer.<\/p>\n It is also noted that they rate the attacker \u2018incredibly highly\u2019 and are \u2018desperate\u2019 to secure his services in time for pre-season.<\/p>\n The \u2018main factor\u2019 behind Rashford\u2019s decision to look past Aston Villa is their failure to qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n The report adds:<\/p>\n \u2018United are pushing for a permanent cash deal for the wantaway star, but they know his massive wages could prove a stumbling block. That opens up the possibility of Rashford again being loaned out.<\/p>\n \u2018Sources told SunSport that United officials are keen to resolve the matter as soon as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Barcelona are under threat of being hijacked by another European giant in the race to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[199,225,10308,98,103,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-257919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-juventus","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-marcus-rashford","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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