Barcelona Choose Marcus Rashord Instead Of Luis Diaz

Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford on loan from Aston Villa. (X/@AVFCOfficial)

JAKARTA - Barcelona likely chose Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford even though Luis Diaz, a Liverpool winger, was the target of the purchase.

Luis Diaz is actually Barca's first choice to add to the buzz. Even Barca has been said to have made an approach with Liverpool for Diaz's purchase.

Only Diaz will compete with Rashford who is also the target of the Spanish La Liga giant. Both played on the left wing. They can also play as center forwards as Barca hopes.

Coach Hansi Flick hopes to get wingers who can also be positioned as 'false nine'. This opens up opportunities Fick has many options for the front line.

Rashford, originally, wanted to be permanent Aston Villa. Especially after the 27-year-old showed good performance during the loan period so Villa were ready to buy it for 40 million.

It's just that Villa failed to go to the Champions League. Ironically, the failure was more due to Villa's 2-0 defeat when they visited United's headquarters in the last match of the English Premier League competition.

The defeat was unexpected because MU had just failed in the Europa League final. They have also secured their position even though they are at the bottom.

This means that MU no longer has any motivation when playing at Old Trafford. However, Ruben Amorim's troops continued to play with high totality to beat Villa.

The defeat made The Villans knocked out of the top five. They ended up in sixth place and competed in the Europa League.

Having failed to play in Europe's highest caste made Villa change the player transfer policy, one of which was buying Rashford. In the aftermath, the player returned to Manchester United who had planned to let him go.

This situation was then used by Barca to bring Rashford. Especially if Barca fails to bring in Diaz. Despite being the main target, the Blaugrana objected to the price set by Liverpool.

Yes, Liverpool are only willing to release this Colombia national team player for 80 million euros. Even the Premier League champion is likely to only lower the price to 70 million euros or 1.2 trillion rupiah. Even though it has been lowered, the price is still considered too expensive for Barca.

Deco Meets Rashford Agent

This is what makes Barca finally turn to Rashford. According to SPORT quoted by Teamtalk, Barca Sports Director Deco has already had a meeting with Rashford's agent.

From that meeting, Rashford expressed his willingness to join Barca. He also did not mind that his salary would be lower than he received at MU, which was 325 thousand pounds, or approximately 7.1 billion rupiah every week.

Barca also actually has no objection to the price of 40 million pounds or 879 billion rupiah proposed by MU for Rashford transfer. Because the price is lower than Diaz.

The problem is, Barca is preparing a different scenario with the hope of MU. The La Liga champions plan to borrow Rashford for one season. Furthermore, they will make the player permanent.

This scenario clearly does not benefit the Red Devils who need income after failing to appear in the Champions League next season. Because MU needs large funds to overhaul the squad against next season's competition.

Rashford's move to Barca was threatened with failure because there was no common ground between the two clubs. MU refused the loan option because the income target was delayed.