{"id":60097,"date":"2025-10-24T07:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/rashford-reveals-contacts-with-barca-before-signing-will-he-say-goodbye-to-utd-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:18:47","slug":"rashford-reveals-contacts-with-barca-before-signing-will-he-say-goodbye-to-utd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/rashford-reveals-contacts-with-barca-before-signing-will-he-say-goodbye-to-utd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford Reveals Contacts with Bar\u00e7a Before Signing: Will He Say Goodbye to Utd?"},"content":{"rendered":"The English striker, Marcus Rashford, has revealed details about his arrival at Barcelona, highlighting that it wasn&#8217;t the first time he spoke with the Catalan club about a possible transfer. The player, currently on loan, expressed that the moment was right for the change, after more than two decades at Manchester United.\n\nRashford has had a notable impact at Barcelona, scoring five goals in 12 appearances since his arrival on loan from United.\n\nThe footballer explained that he is benefiting from &#8220;a new environment&#8221; after ending his long spell at United during the summer.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was many years in one place. Sometimes you just need a change. I think this is my case and yes, I am enjoying everything.<\/p><cite>Marcus Rashford<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0917%2Fr1547039_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Rashford is enjoying his season-long loan move at Barcelona.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Marcus Rashford est\u00e1 disfrutando su cesi\u00f3n en el Barcelona.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nRashford, who was relegated at Manchester United under the direction of Ruben Amorim, prioritized his arrival at Barcelona after his loan at Aston Villa ended in the summer.\n\nThe 27-year-old player, who scored two goals in the 6-1 victory over Olympiakos in the Champions League, is preparing for his first Cl\u00e1sico.\n\nRashford revealed that his arrival could have happened sooner, if his career at United had taken another turn.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I believe things happen when they are meant to happen. It&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve spoken with Barcelona about the possibility of coming here, but for whatever reasons, it didn&#8217;t happen in the past and now I have the opportunity to make it happen.<\/p><cite>Marcus Rashford<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nRashford is on loan at Bar\u00e7a for this season, with a purchase option at the end of it. It is likely that the Spanish club will make a decision on the matter in the summer.\n\nRashford, under contract with United until 2028, insists on his desire to remain at the Catalan club.\n\nYes, of course. I am enjoying this club and I think that for anyone who loves football, Barcelona is one of the key clubs in the history of the game. For a player it is an honor.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English striker, Marcus Rashford, has revealed details about his arrival at Barcelona, highlighting that it wasn&#8217;t the first time he spoke with the Catalan club about a possible transfer. The player, currently on loan, expressed that the moment was right for the change, after more than two decades at Manchester United. Rashford has had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[156,5722,143,615],"class_list":{"0":"post-60097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-barcelona","8":"tag-la-liga","9":"tag-manchester-united","10":"tag-marcus-rashford"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}