Rashford recently received an offer of approximately €40 million in annual salary from a Saudi Arabian club, but he chose to decline it. His dream has always been to wear the Barcelona jersey, and he is willing to take the initiative to reduce his salary to adapt to Barcelona's wage structure under La Liga's financial fair play rules.
At present, Barcelona has not yet made an official offer, but Rashford's camp is aware that he ranks high on the club's signing list. He is willing to move to Barcelona on a loan-with-option-to-buy basis, with the overall cost estimated to be between €30 million and €40 million.
Although Rashford hopes to resolve his future as soon as possible to start pre-season preparations with his new team, Barcelona is advancing at a relatively slow pace. The main reason is that after Nico Williams is no longer a transfer target, the club is still restricted by not having obtained La Liga's "1:1 registration permission" (meaning it must free up salary space before signing new players).
Barcelona will kick off their US tour on July 24, and Rashford is eager to finalize the transfer before that, so as to better integrate into the new team and perform well as soon as possible.
