Marcus Rashford has made it clear he would welcome the chance to join Barcelona (xBuyer/YouTube)
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he would be keen to link up with Lamine Yamal at Barcelona.
Rashford spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa after being frozen out of United’s squad by Ruben Amorim last winter.
Villa have the option to sign Rashford for £40 million but the 27-year-old is holding out for a Champions League club and his preference is to join Barcelona.
Last month, Rashford’s brother and agent travelled to Barcelona for talks with the Spanish champions over a possible deal.
But while Barcelona are looking to strengthen their attacking options ahead of the new campaign, Rashford is not their first-choice target with Liverpool’s Luis Diaz and Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams both preferred.
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Aston Villa have the option to sign Marcus Rashford for £40m (Getty)
Rashford is understood to be willing to take a significant cut on the £350,000-a-week salary he is earning at United in order to secure a move to Barcelona.
In an interview on YouTube channel XBuyer which was released on Saturday, Rashford was asked if he would like to play alongside Barcelona’s 17-year-old sensation Yamal.
Rashford replied: ‘Yeah, sure. Everybody in the world wants to play with the best. So hopefully, we’ll see.’
The interviewer, Eric Ruiz, went on to tell Rashford that he supports Barcelona and that he would like to see him play for the Catalan club.
Rashford replied with a smile: ‘We’ll see.’
The England international is currently training individually in Marbella ahead of a potential return to United where he would link back up with Amorim for the club’s pre-season campaign.
‘Spain is nice, not too far from home,’ Rashford said.
‘If I train here for a long time, it’s good, because my family can come and see me for a few days, it’s only a three-hour flight. The weather is nice here.’
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