Marcus Rashford is eyeing up a Manchester United exit with Barcelona his dream destination and the Catalans continue to be knocked back by their targets - which could play into his hands

Marcus Rashford’s prospects of moving to Barcelona have supposedly suffered a blow at the same as a new report claims that the Manchester United forward “never asked to leave” his boyhood club. Rashford has been left in something of a transfer limbo this summer.

Barcelona have turned their attention back to Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, while Arsenal continue to make progress in their bid to sign Viktor Gyökeres. Join us for the latest transfer news,

The justification for this shift in stance—less than six weeks ago, Deco explicitly named Rashford as a player Barcelona “liked”—is the preference for Liverpool forward Luis Díaz. The Colombia international is deemed to be more versatile, more experienced and more willing to sacrifice himself for the good of the team than Rashford.