Barcelona sporting director Deco claimed that the Spanish giants are prioritising contract renewals earlier than contemplating any new recruits when quizzed on the membership’s curiosity in Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford.
The Catalan giants are one of numerous European clubs to have been linked with a transfer for the out-of-favour ahead. Whereas AC Milan’s curiosity has cooled and Rashford’s need to hitch Bundesliga strugglers Borussia Dortmund has been questioned, Barcelona have been framed because the England worldwide’s “dream” destination.
Reports emerged earlier this month that Barcelona have been lining up a bid for Rashford, but Deco has been eager to minimize any switch hypothesis.
Shortly earlier than Barcelona took on Benfica of their penultimate league part match of the Champions League first spherical on Tuesday, Deco was requested a few Lisbon assembly he had with Arturo Canales, Manchester United’s middleman concerning any transfer for Rashford. “We’re as regards to [financial] honest play,” Deco advised Movistar, “arranging it, if in the long run we will reinforce the workforce, we’ll attempt, however as we speak there may be nothing.”
Deco harassed that Barcelona’s first precedence was making certain that they don’t breach La Liga‘s strict monetary rules. The membership have already needed to attraction to the Spanish authorities to safe emergency (and temporary) registrations for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor this season.
Barcelona are additionally actively negotiating new contracts for a number of first-team gamers, which can put extra strain on the membership’s fragile financial state of affairs.
“These are honest play points, and the priorities as we speak are the renewals of the necessary gamers now we have within the squad,” Deco declared. “As soon as that is over, we will deal with one reinforcement or one other, however it isn’t one thing that the supervisor has requested us for.”
The most recent stories within the British media counsel that Rashford is eager to remain at Outdated Trafford and battle for his place. Ruben Amorim hasn’t given the 27-year-old a single minute of first-team soccer since mid-December, however the boyhood United fan is alleged to be endeavor further coaching periods seeking a manner again in to the pinnacle coach’s plans.
