Marcus Rashford in talks with Barcelona after Manchester United agree loan | Marcus Rashford

Marcus Rashford is closing in on a transfer to Barcelona after Manchester United agreed in precept to mortgage the striker to the Spanish champions.

Barcelona’s provide, which has been made by way of intermediaries, consists of an choice to purchase the 27-year-old subsequent summer time and has been sanctioned by their head coach, Hansi Flick. Rashford has held talks with Flick whereas his brother and consultant, Dwaine Maynard, met Barcelona officers in Catalonia final month.

The England worldwide is certainly one of 5 United gamers who’ve been instructed they don’t have any future on the membership and made to coach away from Ruben Amorim’s squad this summer time. Rashford, who spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Aston Villa, has been coaching at a health club in Salford and at United’s Carrington base, though solely after first-team gamers have left.

United worth Rashford at £40m however, with no everlasting presents arriving for a participant who has three years remaining on a £325,000-a-week contract, Barcelona’s provide might go well with all events.

The striker has dominated out a wage reduce and needs to hitch a membership within the Champions League fairly than transfer to the Saudi Professional League. Talks between United and Barcelona are understood to be persevering with however the define of an settlement is in place.

Flick desires so as to add versatile forwards to his squad this summer time regardless of having Lamine Yamal and Raphinha at his disposal. Barcelona have been within the Liverpool winger Luis Díaz however have been knowledgeable the Colombia worldwide shouldn’t be on the market.

Liverpool have rejected a €67.5m provide from Bayern Munich for Díaz. The Spanish champions additionally tried to purchase Nico Williams earlier than the ahead signed an eight-year contract extension with Athletic, his boyhood membership in Bilbao.

Rashford has spent 20 years at United, scoring 138 targets in 426 appearances for his boyhood crew, however has not featured since being dropped by Amorim for the Manchester derby final December. He mentioned later that month that he was prepared for a brand new problem away from Previous Trafford.

Amorim’s crew drew 0-0 with Leeds of their first pre-season pleasant in Stockholm on Saturday. Kick off on the Strawberry Area was delayed by 10 minutes due to heavy site visitors outdoors the stadium. Matheus Cunha made his United debut following his £62.5m arrival from Wolves and performed the opening 45 minutes earlier than Amorim made 11 modifications on the interval.

Amorim says Cunha confirmed what United have been lacking. “I feel Matheus Cunha confirmed what we want – that’s the participant when he receives the ball between the strains might be actually aggressive in course of the opponent. We watched that in final season in a distinct crew, so we anticipate the identical factor. In fact, you possibly can see that the connection between him and Bruno [Fernandes] remains to be not there, however it’s going to be a superb connection.”

United head to the USA subsequent week for the Premier League Summer season Sequence in opposition to West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton and hope to incorporate Bryan Mbeumo of their travelling social gathering. Previous Trafford officers agreed a deal that might rise to £71m on Friday for the Brentford ahead, who underwent his United medical on Saturday.

After the sport in Stockholm, Daniel Farke confirmed that he had instructed Patrick Bamford that the striker was not going to be concerned in Leeds’ Premier League marketing campaign, due to his health issues over the previous couple of years. The Leeds supervisor mentioned: “Patrick is aware of how a lot I worth him as a participant, I’ve spoken a number of occasions about this, and that I’d have most well-liked a very match Patrick Bamford, within the final two seasons. He additionally is aware of how a lot I fee him as an individual, however I believed it was my responsibility to have a really open and sincere dialog with him proper now, immediately with him.

“The second day of pre-season I bought him into my workplace and instructed him that he was not in my plans for the upcoming Premier League season, simply in the truth that he had actually tough years within the final years.”