Barcelona can be the last opportunity for Rashford

Rashford only the second Englishman who reaches Barcelona in the last hundred years. The other was Garry Lineker. And when I say English, I mean exactly, the English, not to other footballers who came to the “Blau-Grana” group beyond the sleeve channel, Scottish Archibald or Welsh Hughes, for example.

I don't know if this information is necessarily surprising, it's just a finding. To what extent does Rashford move this finding I don't know exactly. But what do I know is that for him This move can be the last opportunity To take his career where I all thought he would do, almost a decade ago, when he debuted at Man's first team under the command of Van Gaal or when, a few months later, under the command of Mourinho this time, he was called “Hugge talent” by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Marcus will turn 28 in October, so there is some time for him, but this season in the Catalan T -shirt depends a lot. Otherwise, the alternative Saudi Arabia (or US) becomes the most likely.

Why did Rashford's career take it down the valley I really think it doesn't matter anymore. It is about the past, and the past cannot be changed. Possibly used as a teaching.

Obviously he also had his part of guilt, just as he had a ten hag in his last months on United, the context in which the club in Manchester has been struggling for years did not help him, it is that in Barcelona NA he arrived for whom the Catalans would have given over 100 million in 2019, not even the one who had something and something to Barcelona that season of Europa League.

He became a player with a huge talent, but also with many question marks in luggage. But a player who can bring for Hansi Flick that plus, that distinctive element that the German may need in the season that is to start.

And for Hansi Flick, Rashford seems to have always been the favorite option. He wanted in winter, but Ansu Fati's refusal to leave blocked any attempt and pushed to English to Aston Villa.

Marcus Rashford will receive 8 million euros a net per season at Barcelona / Photomontaj: Hasan Karim – Breaking Media

“Daily Mail” says that the German technician called the striker in May, while the season had not yet ended, to explain some details, the same daily saying that, in May, Deco, the sports director of the Catalans, met in London with the player's brother, who is also an impresario.

Later the story Nico Williams appeared, still sufficiently unclear, the feeling that Nico used by Barcelona, then the rumors with Luis Diaz, about the same context, because the Colombian aims at a contract extension to Liverpool. The impression that Hansi Flick has about Rashford is, perhaps, a little different from the rest of the world, but unlike the rest of the world and the couch coaches, Flick has shown that the ideas are generally correct.

A “win-win-win” operation

What Manchester United's earning from this transfer is clear. He gets rid of a problem, first of all, for Ruben Amorim. In a way it is normal for a club to position himself behind the coach, not behind a player, even though he is not one.

Then he earns money, because he saves a high salary and could receive good millions next summer. Former Gluries of United, Rio Ferdinand, first of all, publicly expressed their disappointment to this move, others, for example Cucuurella, expressed the surprise that United left to leave such a value.

What Rashford wins, and it's clear. A new chance, and these are hard to find today. Barcelona won three trophies last season and was a few tens of seconds to dispute with PSG the final of the Champions League and the qualification of the most spectacular team of the moment.

174 goals in 60 matches are an invitation for any talent footballer, and Rashford has something like this. Barcelona, as a city and region, offers an extremely favorable context, because the sun helps optimism, and the Mediterranean diet.

Unlike the English one, the Catalan press aligned the cause and tends to become an ally if the character in question makes some common sense movements, with the right advisers in this regard. See, for example, the story of salary reduction compared to the one in England, with a single amendment: missing the qualification in the Champions League brings to all the players from United, in the new season, a salary decrease with exactly the percentage in front of the press.

What Barcelona wins, remains to see. In principle it has nothing to lose, even though Rashford's salary, as it is, places it high enough in the hierarchy of the locker room, and this often leads to problems. I agreed that Flick needed a player in the left lane, the offensive plot (he would also need a defensive profile), to give Raphinha's breathing moments, to be competing and to increase his motivation, which can play, to the right, but to be a back-up for Lewandowski.

Flick has it available since the beginning of the preparations, which is an additional advantage to the advantage that the Catalans already have towards Real Madrid and Atletico after participating in the club World Cup. And, last but not least, Rashford has that premier league rhythm that can often make the difference. Especially since he is almost certain that Rashford will start his job from the reserve position, and he knows this best.

It seems like a “win-win” operation. Or a “win-win-win” operation, if we admit that there are three parties involved. The example of Antony, reborn at Betis after the depression at Man United, is the most handy. Barcelona is not betis, however, the pressure is different, but an idea comes out: in the situation in which it is, Barcelona could not hope for more. And Rashford too.