British media The Times reported that Rashford will return to Manchester United for training, but he may still leave the team this summer. Rashford has attracted Barcelona's interest. Barcelona may take action against Rashford after Nico William...
British media The Times reported that Rashford will return to Manchester United for training, but he may still leave the team this summer.
Rashford has attracted Barcelona's interest. Barcelona may take action against Rashford after Nico Williams signed a ten-year-old stay in Bilbao.
Rashford is expected to return to Manchester United for preseason training on Monday. Manchester United will return to Carrington base to start preparations for the new season. Although Rashford was loaned to Villa in the second half of the 2024-25 season, he will still report back to the team.
United need to decide whether to reintegrate Rashford into the team, or to loan him or transfer him to another club permanently, but either option requires the player's own consent.
Last season, Rashford and Amorin fell in love with each other because Amorin questioned his level of commitment in training, which led to Rashford joining Villa on loan. During his time at Villa, he played 17 times, scored 4 goals and had 6 assists.
It is understood that since Rashford left the team on loan, Amorin has no contact with him. However, sources close to Rashford said Rashford had no problem with returning to Manchester United for the preseason and would do their best in training.
Rashford expects to fully participate in the team's preseason schedule while still a Manchester United player. Most of the early pre-season preparations involved basic projects such as physical fitness and health checks.
Manchester United's first pre-season friendly match was against Leeds United. The team will then go to the United States for a preseason tour, against Bournemouth, Everton and West Ham in the Premier League summer series respectively. Their last preseason game was against Fiorentina at Old Trafford on August 9.
Rashford has been using a personal trainer to maintain physical fitness during his three-week vacation in Marbella. Manchester United prefers to sell Rashford and price it for £40 million, but if they choose to rent it out and the loan club agrees to bear its full £325,000 weekly salary, Manchester United can still save about £17 million in salary.
Rashford's representative had talks with Barcelona in May, and he himself admitted last month that he wanted to fight alongside Yamal.
It is understood that Barcelona prefers to loan Rashford rather than sign him in a permanent transfer. Rashford, who has three years left in the contract, is also associated with the transfer to Bayern.
After the failure to buy Nico Williams, Barcelona's chances of pursuing Rashford increased. Nico Williams rejected the opportunity to transfer to Barcelona and instead signed a ten-year contract with Bilbao.
Nico Williams is one of the key players in Spain's successful European Cup 2024. He had negotiated with Barcelona, but the financially tight Barcelona has had problems with player registration. Therefore, Nico Williams signed a new long-term contract, with the value of the termination clause also increased by 50%, and is currently 93 million euros (about 80.2 million pounds).
Rashford is in a similar situation to Sancho a year ago, who returned to Manchester United for pre-season training last year but eventually joined Chelsea on the transfer deadline.
Chelsea had the option to buy out Sancho for £25 million, but they finally decided not to transfer it to a permanent transfer and therefore had to pay Manchester United a penalty of £5 million.
Like Rashford, Sancho is still on the for sale list. Sancho has one year left in the contract, but he will return to the Carrington base on Monday along with Anthony and Maracia. Anthony and Maracia were loaned to Betis and Eindhoven respectively in the second half of last season.
