Tottenham Hotspur spent weeks building their case.
Roberto De Zerbi wanted him.
The wages were being matched.
Yet, the approach was concrete.
However, Marcus Rashford has delivered his answer.
He doesn’t want to join Spurs.
He wants Barcelona.
Marcus Rashford rejects Tottenham advances as Barcelona prepare late summer move
According to TEAMtalk, Rashford does not fancy a move to another Premier League club, and has made clear that his preference remains a return to Barcelona, despite the Catalan giants having declined to trigger the £26 million buy option on his loan deal by the June 15 deadline.
Barcelona are prepared to wait.
They know Rashford’s situation at Manchester United becomes more complicated by the day.
With the club’s wage bill pressures and their need for a clean break from the Rashford chapter making a sale increasingly urgent.
United’s official position is that they want £40 million.
But sources close to the negotiations suggest that figure is optimistic.
With £25 million considered the realistic ceiling given the player’s contract situation and the limited pool of clubs with genuine interest.
Barcelona are monitoring that gap closely.
They struck a deal for Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United for €80 million earlier this summer, which had initially seemed to close the door on a second Rashford loan.
However, the Gordon signing hasn’t eliminated Rashford from Barcelona’s thinking.
It may have changed the structure of any potential agreement, but the Catalan club are willing to revisit the conversation later in the window when financial positions on both sides have crystallised further.
For Rashford himself, the World Cup provides the perfect platform to strengthen his hand.
His England performances in North America will only reinforce the case for a player whose Barcelona loan season reminded the world what he’s capable of when his confidence is high.
However, he knows exactly where he wants to be.
Rashford’s just waiting for Barcelona to make it happen.
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