{"id":366384,"date":"2025-08-23T04:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366384\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T04:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:27:19","slug":"marcus-rashford-promise-made-as-barcelona-seek-to-do-what-manchester-united-couldnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366384\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford promise made as Barcelona seek to do what Manchester United couldn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford could make his full Barcelona debut this weekend<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_GettyImages-2228784608.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Rashford of FC Barcelona disappointed during the match between Barcelona and Como\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Marcus Rashford could make his full Barcelona debut this weekend<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Barcelona boss Hansi Flick is confident the Spanish giants will see the best version of Marcus Rashford this season ahead of a potential full debut for the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> loanee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rashford came off the bench late on in Barca\u2019s season opener against Mallorca last weekend and could feature from the start against Levante on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The England international made the switch to the Nou Camp having fallen out of favour at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/old-trafford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Trafford<\/a> under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rashford\u2019s form for United dropped off significantly in the past two years and he fell foul of Amorim early in the Old Trafford boss\u2019 tenure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 27-year-old hopes to reignite his career in Spain and his new manager has been impressed with what he\u2019s seen from the forward so far, insisting his spell in La Liga will be a success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He gives us more possibilities,&#8221; 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