The return of Marcus Rashford to United puts Barça on the ropes

A new chapter has been written in the saga of Marcus Rashford and Manchester United. For the player, it is FC Barcelona or nothing, so if he cannot head to the Catalan city, he will stay at Old Trafford. This Wednesday, he took the first step, as he returned to training with the first team after being sidelined for several days.

According to 'SPORT', the forward is starting to believe that the Catalans will not be able to register him despite being back under the 1:1 rule, which is why he would be inclined to mend his relationship with the club and the coach to, at least, finish the season at Carrington and decide his future with more calm during the summer.

Rashford remains firm in his stance to head towards a competitive team, which is why he has rejected offers from teams in Saudi Arabia and even from Borussia Dortmund and Milan, as his priority would be to wear the blaugrana jersey if he leaves Manchester.

Barça needs salary margin

At Can Barça, they are still looking for ways to free up salary space to accommodate Marcus's salary. The club's idea was to let Ansu Fati go, but the player is reluctant to leave the culé ranks, and operations like that of Eric García, who has offers from Girona and Como 1907 on his table, raise doubts within the entity as the center-back is highly valued by Hansi Flick.

Deco explained this situation to Rashford's intermediaries at the summit held in Lisbon less than 24 hours ago, which is why the player decided to rejoin the 'red devils' to bring positions closer with the entity and also as a pressure measure on the Catalans, who must find a solution with just over 10 days until the transfer market closes.

However, the culés have as a priority the registration of the agreed renewals of Ronald Araujo and Pedri and, from there, if they achieve the necessary salary margin, they would tackle the operation of Rashford. The blaugranas have several fronts open, and time is starting to run against them.