Barcelona Sport Director Deco confirmed that the club explored move For Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford in January.
Rashford was available for transfer by the end of 2024, and several pages expressed interest in his signature, but it quickly emerged that the English international priority to the move to Barcelona.
Dilemma for Barcelona was the cost of any such agreement, with Rashford’s salary more than £ 300,000 per week proven to be problematic even with UnitedThe willingness to contribute to the percentage, and they eventually accepted the defeat and watched Rashford to join Aston Villa instead.
Deco has since confirmed Barcelona’s interest in the contract, but played their desire to break the bank with regard to their quality of quality in the attack.
“The winter transfer market is always difficult,” Deco said SPORT. “The truth is that in the past there were important moments for Barca, like arriving [Edgar] Davids, but today there is no Davids on the market. It’s hard because good players, those who can contribute, are not available.
“The truth is that he mentioned Rashford that he could come, but we didn’t desperately seek the player. We knew we were returning the players, that others would come to their best forms. If it could come, it would be good, but that was not a priority.”
Barcelona was not the only side to explore the move, and Como series A Moneybags Como also filed an ambitious offer that was not considered to have complained to Rashford.
Como President Mirwan Suwarso said Sky Sports Italy: “We did our best to give our coach the players who needed him for his football style.
“We analyzed our needs, and when possible, we tried to do the action. We did our best, but we know that we are a small club, so some still don’t take us seriously. When these big names hear about Como, they say: ‘No, I want to play in the Champions League or in Europe’.
“But we dream. As human beings, this is what drives us to move forward. Every day we look at something bigger in advance; we strive to do better than the day before. So, let’s hope and believe that this club will one day be competitive. “
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