Barcelona sporting director Deco has claimed the Spanish giants are prioritizing contract renewals before considering any new recruits when asked about the club’s interest in Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford.
The Catalan giants are one of the many European clubs of having been linked with unfavorable forward movement. Although interest from AC Milan has cooled and Rashford’s desire to join Bundesliga strugglers Borussia Dortmund has been questioned, Barcelona have been tipped for the England international. “dream” destination..
Reports emerged Earlier this month, Barcelona were lining up a bid for Rashford, but Deco has been keen to play down any transfer speculation.
shortly before Barcelona faced Benfica in their penultimate match of the Champions League first round league stage on Tuesday, Deco was asked about a meeting in Lisbon he had with Manchester United agent Arturo Canales about any move by Rashford. “We’re on the (financial) fair play thing,” Deco said Movistar“fixing it, if in the end we can strengthen the team, we will try, but today there is nothing.”
Deco emphasized that Barcelona’s first priority was to ensure that they did not fail to comply The Leaguestrict financial regulations. The club has already had to turn to the Spanish government to guarantee the emergency (i temporary) registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor this season.
Barcelona are also actively negotiating new contracts for several first-team players, which will put more pressure on the club’s fragile financial situation.
“These are matters of fair play, and the priorities today are the renewals of the important players we have in the squad,” declared Deco. “Once this is over, we can focus on one reinforcement or another, but it’s not something the manager has asked us to do.”
The latest reports in British media suggests Rashford is keen to stay at Old Trafford and fight for his place. Ruben Amorim has not given the 27-year-old a single minute of first-team football since mid-December, but the childhood united The fan is said to be doing extra training sessions in search of a way to work his way back into the head coach’s plans.
