Rashford joins Barcelona: MU fails completely

Marcus Rashford officially became a Barcelona player, on a 1-year loan contract, with a clause that Barcelona can buy if they want. This is a typical contract, saying all about MU's weakness in the transfer market.

2 years ago, Marcus Rashford became the 3rd player in history (after Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole) to score a goal for MU, against Barcelona on European football pitch. That was also the time when Rashford shone, winning the best player award of the season at MU (2022 - 2023). He was valued at 100 million pounds in the transfer market, and extended his contract until 2028.

MU let Rashford go to Barcelona

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Now, MU does not earn a penny by sending Rashford to Barcelona on loan (at most, Barcelona only has to pay Rashford's salary on behalf of MU). Assuming Rashford is successful next season, Barcelona will consider it a net profit from using a star without having to pay a transfer fee. Next, they will activate the clause to buy Rashford outright, with a transfer fee of only about 27 million pounds - too "cheap". Rashford is only 27 years old, the "most beautiful" age of a player's life. And let me repeat, he was valued at about 100 million euros by the transfer market, just 2 years ago. Any striker who shines in a Barcelona shirt cannot be worth less than the above figure.

On the contrary, if Rashford fails, Barcelona will simply "return him to the factory" after 1 year of use. Using Rashford in unimportant matches, with the purpose of preserving the player's energy for the main match, is still a reasonable choice for Barcelona in case Rashford plays poorly. At that time, MU will have to take Rashford back and find a place to get rid of him, if they do not want to continue paying him (325,000 pounds/week) until 2028.

In short, MU is "holding the tongue" in all cases that happen to Rashford in the 2025 - 2026 season. Of course, Rashford is not in coach Ruben Amorim's professional plan, so pushing him to another team is the right thing to do. MU's failure: they would rather sell him cheaply "like giving him away", than lend him out with a clause that the partner can buy him outright.

In his first time wearing the MU senior team shirt (early 2016), Rashford scored a "double" in a Europa League match. A few days later, Rashford made his first appearance in the Premier League. This talent immediately scored a "double" for MU, against rival Arsenal. Then Rashford was quickly called up to the national team, participating in EURO 2016. To this day, Rashford is still one of the 5 youngest players to ever appear in a knockout match in the EURO arena. Leading this list is Lamine Yamal, Rashford's teammate next season.

Rashford is disappointing

In short, Rashford has proven his talent. But recently, he has been disappointing. That is normal, considering that MU has been "devastated" in all aspects for many years, especially in the last season. Many players who were considered "debts" at MU immediately shone as soon as they "escaped" to another team. Just arriving at Napoli, Scott McTominay won the Serie A championship, and he was awarded the title of best player of the tournament. Antony shined in the Real Betis shirt. Former MU player Rio Ferdinand said that this situation can be explained by professional issues, not a coincidence. He predicted that Rashford will also be successful after leaving MU.

At Barcelona, Rashford will wear the number 14 shirt (formerly worn by Thierry Henry), playing alongside famous attacking stars such as Yamal, Robert Lewandowski or Raphinha. Whether it will be good or bad is not yet known, but one thing is for sure: this is a season in which Rashford himself will have to try his best. He needs to prove his form, effort and desire to be recalled to the England team by coach Thomas Tuchel before the 2026 World Cup (Rashford was left out of the England squad for EURO 2024 by coach Gareth Southgate).

Coach Hansi Flick and sporting director Deco are currently rushing to find a replacement for Lewandowski (who is about to turn 37 and will be out of contract at the end of next season). This is an opportunity that Rashford cannot miss. Flick said at the end of last season that he would like to have a striker like Marcus Rashford.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/rashford-gia-nhap-barcelona-mu-that-bai-toan-tap-185250724214644691.htm