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Barcelona's Rashford Experiment?

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to news that Marcus Rashford is set to join Barcelona on loan and question how the English forward will fit in to the lineup. Plus, the guys argue if Ruben Amorim is in over his head at Manchester United after his latest complaints about the team's midfield. Also, Craig Burley and Steve Nicol explain why they aren't sold on Eddie Howe's decision to send Alexander Isak home from Newcastle's friendly loss vs Celtic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined the studio today by Craig Burley and Stevie Niccol.

0:40.3

We also welcome Mark Ogden. It may surprise you to learn that we do actually have meetings for this show.

0:46.3

And I remember one six months ago where I was told that we were going to discuss the possibility of Marcus Rastford going on loan to Barcelona.

0:53.3

And I said, what's the point in doing that? Are we really struggling for content that badly? Yet here we are six months later and it's actually happening Mark. Well that's two lies. What do you mean two lies? Because we've never had a meeting. I have meetings. You don't have meetings. You might have the odd phone call. Well what? It's a phone call? A phone call? It's a meeting. It's not a meeting. A meeting is what all these other shows do. A meeting is, here's what we're doing today, right? Okay, yes, good. And that's the meetings, sorry Augie, that is the meetings we like. We don't like these formal meetings. that is a meeting still, right? That's one thing. What's the second lie? Anyway. Sorry? What's the second lie? What do you mean? You said that's two lies? No, no, no. No, no. You did. No, no. You did. Okay. Don't lie. You don't. Right, we're live. Right, Mark, it is happening.

1:47.0

It is happening.

1:51.9

United and Barcelona have agreed a loan deal, season long loan deal, with an option for Barcelona to buy, not an obligation, an option.

1:54.2

And Barcelona are going to cover his wages, which will amount to about £17 million a year.

1:59.0

So obviously we know that Barcelona got problems in terms of getting players in, in terms of signing and registering them, but a loan deal makes it a lot cheaper for them to do that. $17 million over a season is not a bad deal. They missed it on Nicco Williams, they tried and failed to get Lewis Deer from Liverpool. So Rashford is probably the third choice. But it's a perfect deal for everybody. it's perfect for Marcus Rushford. It's a deal that it doesn't really deserve. For Man United, it's great.

2:01.3

It gets him off the books. It's sending to a club that will keep his level and his reputation high because it's Barcelona. And for Barcelona, they've got a play that they think they can get the best out of rehabilitated. And it's fairly cheap. So he'll have a medical the next couple of days and it'll be one problem solved for Ruben Amory and Man United he's one to watch isn't he? Marcus Rashford whether he plays... A Barcelona? Sorry? Barcelona? Like everyone's... Like he says everyone's... I thought they wanted lose theirs. They wanted Michael... A Barcelona really a winner in this deal. They're off the bench done.

2:51.4

Right.

2:52.1

Well, you've got

2:52.8

to look at it, right. That's go you've got to look at it the right way. Again, at times at Aston Villa he was okay. He sparked into life it wasn't always consistent, but he looked him more like his old self at times.

2:49.5

Surely to God

2:50.6

this is the

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