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Marcus Rashford is reportedly keen to take a pay reduce to “seal a dream transfer” to Barcelona with the Manchester United ahead “favouring a transfer overseas” over a everlasting swap to Aston Villa.
Rashford, 27, swapped Outdated Trafford for Villa Park on the finish of the January switch window to affix Unai Emery’s aspect on mortgage till the top of the season after a dispute with Ruben Amorim.
The England worldwide has impressed for his newly adopted aspect, scoring 4 occasions and offering an additional six assists in 17 video games for the Villains.
Emery has even trusted Rashford up entrance over Ollie Watkins in current weeks, with the United loanee beginning each legs towards Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League, in addition to the essential journey to the Etihad to play Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League.
The 27-year-old suffered a hamstring damage final week, nonetheless, which has successfully ended his season and he was pressured to look at from the aspect strains as Villa fell to a disappointing 3-0 loss within the FA Cup semi-final towards Crystal Palace on the weekend.
United and Villa are at the moment “in talks” over an acceptable rehabilitation plan for Rashford with the prospect of an early return to Outdated Trafford to proceed his restoration.
The Villains retain a £40 million buy-option within the mortgage settlement to signal Rashford on a everlasting deal this summer season.
Nonetheless, David McDonnell (Day by day Mirror) reveals Rashford “doesn’t need to be part of” the Midlands aspect, as a substitute preferring a transfer overseas with a swap to Camp Nou his “primary alternative.”
The report states the United academy graduate would even be keen to take a monetary hit to safe the transfer along with his wage packet at Outdated Trafford – believed to be price round £350,000 per week – a possible hurdle to any everlasting exit from his boyhood membership this summer season.
“Marcus Rashford is keen to take a pay reduce to seal a dream transfer to Barcelona and draw a line beneath his Manchester United profession. Rashford is known to have set his coronary heart on becoming a member of Spanish giants Barca, understanding he has no probability of enjoying for United once more whereas Ruben Amorim is in cost.
Villa have an choice to purchase Rashford for £40million when his mortgage deal expires, however he doesn’t need to be part of them, favouring a transfer overseas – with Barca his No.1 alternative. Rashford’s exorbitant wages of £350,000-a-week are sure to show a stumbling block for golf equipment all in favour of signing him, which is why he’s keen to take a pay reduce to safe a transfer.”
United are eager to promote Rashford with the potential switch payment constituting ‘pure revenue’ from a PSR perspective, on account of his standing as an academy participant, in addition to the big saving on his wage.
Whether or not Barcelona can be keen to return for the 27-year-old this summer season, after exploring a deal to signal him on mortgage on in January, stays to be seen. However the prospect of signing him on a lot extra beneficial wages will certainly sweeten the deal.
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