England's Rashford is a target for Barcelona next summer

British press reports quoted sources close to Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who is suffering from a decline in his level during the current season, that Barcelona expressed his desire to obtain his services next summer, amid the uncertainty of his future in the ranks of his team.

The sources said that Rashford, whose contract with Manchester United expires in June 2023 with the possibility of activating the English club for this contract for an additional season, told the "Manchester Evening Standard" website that "the player's phone does not stop ringing" since he decided to think about his future away from Old Trafford, Especially after he sat on the bench of the reserve players in the derby match against Manchester City, which his team lost 1-4 this month.

Barcelona did not hesitate to feel the pulse of the Rashford camp, declaring his desire to obtain the services of the twenty-four-year-old.

Barcelona needs a striker in the long term, because his French winger, Osman Dembele, whose contract expires next June, and the two parties did not reach an agreement to renew it according to the player's terms amid the financial crisis in which the Catalan club is floundering.

Dutchman Luc de Jong and Adama Traore are on loan until the end of the season, while Gabonese Pierre Emeric Aubameyang is thirty-three years old, and therefore striker Ferran Torres is the only young man in the front line after moving from Manchester City in the last winter transfers.

Barcelona had contacted Rashford camp before Manchester United renewed his contract for four years in 2019. Rashford's name was also linked to Paris Saint-Germain, seeking to find a possible replacement in the event of the departure of its brilliant striker Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid at the end of his contract in June.

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