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Marcus Rashford volition deterioration his idol’s garment fig astatine Barcelona but it whitethorn astonishment followers of the England international.
Rashford is connected the verge of joining Barcelona connected a season-long indebtedness from Manchester United, with the guardant owed to beryllium unveiled by the Spanish giants this evening.
The 27-year-old volition instrumentality a wage chopped to articulation the Catalans but helium volition stay 1 of the highest-paid players successful Europe.
If his spell successful Spain goes well, past Barcelona person the option to motion him for conscionable €30 cardinal next summer.
According to Mundo Deportivo, it has already been decided that Rashford volition deterioration the fig 14 astatine Barcelona.
It is the aforesaid garment that was worn by Rashford's idol Thierry Henry, who spent 3 years astatine Barcelona, astir notably forming portion of their treble-winning broadside successful 2009.
Although for galore shot fans, Henry is much well-known for his clip astatine Arsenal and helium is wide considered arsenic the top subordinate successful Premier League history.
Thierry Henry famously donned the No.14 astatine Arsenal. (Image: Getty)
The fig 14 has besides been famously worn by different icon of the crippled - Johan Cruyff astatine Ajax.
Cruyff won 3 Ballon d'Ors during his playing career, which besides included six years astatine Barcelona, though helium did not deterioration the fig 14 garment successful Spain.
What fig has Marcus Rashford worn before?
For Rashford, it volition beryllium a caller acquisition wearing the fig 14.
When helium archetypal broke done astatine Manchester United during the 2015/16 season, helium wore the fig 39 shirt.
But aft an awesome breakthrough, helium was fixed fig 19.
He wore this for 2 seasons earlier taking the iconic fig 10, which Wayne Rooney had antecedently worn for respective years.
When Rashford moved to Aston Villa connected indebtedness helium had to alteration his garment fig again.
But pursuing Jhon Duran's departure, the fig 9 jersey was vacant and Rashford took it for what proved to beryllium a mixed spell successful the Midlands.
Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford were teammates astatine United. (Image: Getty)
What did Paul Pogba accidental astir Rashford's move?
Former teammate Paul Pogba played 233 games for United crossed 2 spells but helium struggled to triumph implicit the United faithful and tin resonate with Rashford's ain struggles astatine United.
But helium remains 1 of football's astir high-profile figures and was speedy to praise a subordinate helium inactive rates highly.
Speaking to IShowSpeed recently, he said: "That's crazy, but I'm blessed for him due to the fact that they took his number.
"Manchester United are losing a large subordinate - unlucky for them.
"It's large for Barcelona to beryllium honest. I'm not adjacent talking astir United due to the fact that they've bought a fewer caller subordinate and the caller manager wants to bash his happening I guess."
