FC Barcelona Meets Premier League Star's Agent,

Forbes

28-05-2025

FC Barcelona Sporting Director Deco met with the agent of a Premier League star on Wednesday morning as reported by SPORT, citing anonymous sources.
Barca is currently linked to two players from the English top flight, who occupy a similar area of the pitch.
Namely they are Liverpool's Luis Diaz and Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, with the latter of the pair costing far less.
It is believed that Barca, still recovering from its financial crisis of the early 2020s, would have to part with at least $96 million (€85 million) to land Colombia international Diaz.
On the other hand, Rashford could cost less than half that at $45 million (€40 million) with United willing to cash on a player that doesn't feature in head coach Ruben Amorim's primary plans and was sent out to Aston Villa on loan for the second half of the 2024/2025 season.
Before that switch to Birmingham, Barca was heavily linked to a loan deal with Rashford itself which didn't come off thanks to Financial Fair Play issues.
Fast forward a few months to the conclusion of the campaign, however, and Barca is now pursuing Rashford again as demonstrated by Sporting Director Deco meeting with his agent in a hotel in Barcelona city centre on Wednesday morning to sound out a potential transfer.
According to SPORT, the meeting 'served to exchange and confirm the receptive position of both parties'.
While Rashford is willing to wait for Barca to get its house in order, the Catalans' interest in him has to be 'solid' so that the England star isn't ditched at the altar should the La Liga champions head down different avenues in the transfer market.
As was the case at the turn of the year, FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick supports the potential operation, and it now remains to be seen which manoeuvres Deco and President Joan Laporta can pull off to get something over the line.