Rashford is the player with the potential to generate the most cash to swell the coffers as he has had an excellent season on loan at Barcelona, scoring 11 times and posting 10 assists in all competitions despite not being a regular starter. Before Christmas it was taken as a given that the Catalans would exercise the €30m clause they had agreed with United last summer to sign the forward permanently.
But Barca being the ultra-demanding club they are, Rashford has not truly satisfied his temporary employers and given the club’s well-known financial difficulties, they are now looking to negotiate the fee in order to lower it.
United would be within their rights to reject that offer and see if any other club in Europe wants him, although Rashford’s massive wages, which Barca have matched this season, remain a big hurdle for most teams to get over. One thing that is clear, though, is that Rashford cannot return to United as the relationship he had with his boyhood club has been broken, even with Amorim gone.
