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Gerard Pique has already fixed Marcus Rashford an thought of what it's similar to play for Barcelona – and the erstwhile Manchester United defender came to the aforesaid decision arsenic Pep Guardiola.
Rashford landed successful Catalonia connected Sunday evening aft helium was fixed support from Manchester United to implicit the formalities of a season-long indebtedness move.
After a woody was agreed successful rule implicit the weekend, Rashford joined up with Barcelona manager Hansi Flick and sporting manager Deco astatine the club's Ciutat Esportiva grooming crushed connected Monday morning.
He is expected to beryllium presented to the Spanish media connected Wednesday, according to BBC Sport.
Barcelona, meanwhile, person agreed to screen Rashford's £325,000-a-week wage successful full, and the woody is besides said to see an enactment to bargain for €35 million, which equates to astir £30.3 million.
It is simply a imagination travel existent for the Wythenshawe-born forward, who has already said helium would similar to play alongside teenage sensation Lamine Yamal astatine the Camp Nou.
When asked astir the imaginable of playing alongside Yamal successful an interrogation with Spanish influencer Javi Ruiz past month, Rashford said: "Yes, for sure, Everyone wants to play with the best. Hopefully... we'll see."
One happening is for certain; the unit of playing for specified a large nine similar Barcelona is higher than most.
In fact, erstwhile defender Gerard Pique – who besides played for Manchester United betwixt 2004 and 2008 – once explained wherefore playing for the Catalan broadside was dissimilar immoderate other.
Speaking astatine a 2019 property conference, Pique said: “There is nary nine successful the satellite that plays with arsenic overmuch unit arsenic Barcelona. If we don’t triumph a treble, radical deliberation it’s a atrocious season.”
Piqué: “There is nary nine successful the satellite that plays with arsenic overmuch unit arsenic @FCBarcelona. if we don’t triumph a treble, radical deliberation it’s a atrocious season.” pic.twitter.com/xhxKgX99YB
— Juan Arango (@JuanG_Arango) August 6, 2019Pep Guardiola, who enjoyed a trophy-laden spell with arguably the top Barcelona squad of each time, besides claimed the expectations that travel with representing the Spanish giants are beyond those of Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
Speaking astatine a property league successful 2017, helium said: “More unit present [At City]? No. The astir unit was successful Barcelona. You cannot comparison the unit successful Barcelona and Madrid to Munich oregon Manchester. Here it is less, much, overmuch less.”
As mentioned above, Rashford is expected to beryllium unveiled arsenic a Barcelona subordinate connected Wednesday and volition apt diagnostic connected their pre-season travel to Asia, wherever they volition look Vissel Kobe successful Japan followed by 2 matches successful South Korea against Daegu FC and FC Seoul.
