Marcus Rashford: Barcelona open talks to sign Manchester United forward

Manchester United guardant Marcus Rashford's imagination transportation to Barcelona is moving person with a woody successful rule reached implicit a imaginable indebtedness determination to the Spanish giants.

Barcelona person been Rashford's preferred destination since he suggested it was clip for a caller challenge successful December aft being dropped by caput manager Ruben Amorim.

BBC Sport has been told talks person taken spot involving intermediaries and an outline verbal statement has been reached.

The transportation would beryllium an archetypal indebtedness with an enactment to buy.

Spanish champions Barcelona looked acceptable to motion Spain winger Nico Williams earlier this summer.

However, the 22-year-old signed a caller 10-year declaration astatine Athletic Bilbao.

Rashford spent the 2nd fractional of past play connected indebtedness astatine Aston Villa, wherever helium made 17 appearances crossed each competitions - scoring 4 goals and providing six assists.

He is 1 of 5 United players - and the highest paid - told to bid separately from Amorim's squad amid a stand-off implicit their futures.

The 27-year-old does not judge helium volition play for United again portion Amorim is astatine the club.

Him joining Barcelona would beryllium a large affirmative for United arsenic they look to fortify Amorim's squad.

With much than £130m committed to signing Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, further deals person to beryllium funded done departures.

Even if Rashford's exit were initially connected loan, the redeeming disconnected the wage measure would beryllium important fixed lone Casemiro earns much than his £325,000-a-week salary.

Barcelona sporting manager Deco has antecedently spoken of his admiration for Rashford - arsenic good arsenic Liverpool winger Luis Diaz.

"When we spell to the market, determination are names that we cognize and that could amended the team," helium told Catalan vigor presumption RAC1 successful May.

"We similar Luis, we similar Rashford and we similar different players," he said.

For his part, Rashford past period spoke of however helium would similar to play alongside teenage superstar Lamine Yamal astatine Barcelona.

"Everyone wants to play with the best. Hopefully... We'll see," helium said successful an interrogation with Spanish influencer Javi Ruiz.

Rashford's Old Trafford declaration runs until June 2028 but the England planetary has not been fixed a squad fig for the caller play and was near down to bid astatine Carrington portion the archetypal squad travelled to Sweden, where they drew 0-0 with newly-promoted Leeds United successful their archetypal lucifer of pre-season connected Saturday.

Rashford came done the academy ranks astatine his hometown club, making his debut successful February 2016 arsenic an 18-year-old, nether Louis van Gaal.

He has gone connected to people 138 goals for the nine successful 426 appearances but has not pulled connected a United garment since being substituted during a 2-1 Europa League triumph implicit Czech broadside Viktoria Plzen connected 12 December.

Amorim dropped Rashford for past season's league derby against Manchester City astatine the Etihad aboriginal that month, going nationalist with his concerns implicit the efforts helium and team-mate Alejandro Garnacho had enactment into training.

If helium were to implicit a determination to Barcelona, helium would beryllium joining a broadside that won a league and cupful treble successful Hansi Flick's archetypal play arsenic manager.