Joan Laporta reveals Marcus Rashford’s “honest” admission to his career Man United
Barcelona president Joan Laporta revealed an honest admission on Marcus Rashford and Manchester United after being officially revealed as the new signature of the Blaugrana.
After being frozen in his childhood club, Rashford finished a move to Liga champions, which cover his remuneration package of £ 325,000 per week and have the opportunity to buy it squarely for 30 million pounds sterling at the end of the 2025/26 season.
Following the traces of Gary Lineker as a player from England signing for Barça, the 27 -year -old took the n ° 14 jersey previously worn by Johan Cruyff and Thierry Henry.
There was a time when Rashford leaving United was unthinkable after having crossed the ranks of the club he supported and made his debut in a memorable manner by scoring twice in a 2016 Europa League match with FC Midtjylland.
But spent the second half of last season on loan to Aston Villa after being banished by Ruben Amorim, who dropped him off from the team for the derby against Manchester City after being impressed by his performance in training.
Rashford expressed his need for a new challenge and returned to the England team after shining in his visit.
He seems to have played his last match in United and according to Barça Laporta, Rashford’s intention was still to be like Paul Scholes and Gary Neville and represent only the Red Devils – until the circumstances change.
“We are very happy because a high quality player arrives, at a great age to come to Barça with extraordinary motivation. Personally, I saw how enthusiastic he is Aim.
“One of his virtues is that he is sincere. His dream was to play for Manchester United for the rest of his life. He arrived at the age of seven and was born there with an interesting life. He wanted to be a man of the club ”. It is for a player to say that with all the sincerity.”
“But when a situation occurs in his life he did not expect, the team he had always loved is Barça. He had faced us and had Barça on the radar. He was loaned to Aston” Villa so that he could be seen that he is the best player, the best of England and that he says that his maximum motivation is to win the Champions League with Barça and the World Cup.
“He came in strong, he is very excited, he played well with his teammates, and I am very happy because two years ago, he beat us in the Europa League. He made the difference in the link, and that is why I am so happy that he came.”
What does Rashford say about Man United?
Rashford played 426 times for United, scoring 138 goals. But he had his shirt n ° 10 removed by the club and gave the new signature of Matheus Cunha, before being forced to train separately with his colleagues Parias Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho, Tyrell Malacia and Antony.
However, despite his treatment, Rashford refused to criticize United during his disclosure of Barcelona. When he asked him for Lineker’s statements that United’s problems were not the responsibility of Rashford, he commented: “The situation with Manchester United is that the club has been going through a period of change, and this has been in progress for some time. I have nothing negative to say on Manchester United.
“I think it was an important role not only of my career, but also of my life, so I am grateful for the opportunity to play for them. But football is the same as life, everything is not going as simple as you thought. This is my next step, my next chapter.”
Rashford has already participated in his first training session with his new teammates and should join them during his pre-season tour in Asia, where they compete against Vissel Kobe in Japan before playing two games in South Korea against Daegu FC and FC Seoul.
His transfer, which would include a penalty clause if Barcelona does not sign it permanently, adds a new dynamic to El Clasico while Rashford and his English teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold are ready to fight after leaving his childhood club Liverpool to join Real Madrid.
The Manchester League (T)
