Marcus Rashford\u2019s future has suddenly become a lot more interesting. Jose Mourinho is interested in signing Rashford if he completes his expected return to Real Madrid, according to Sport.<\/p>\n Mourinho\u2019s comeback to the Bernabeu has not been officially announced by the club, but the expectation around Spain is that he is set to replace Alvaro Arbeloa after Madrid\u2019s disappointing season.<\/p>\n Reuters reported that Mourinho has confirmed his agent is in contact with Real Madrid, although he said there was no formal offer at that stage.<\/p>\n Rashford\u2019s situation is complicated because Barcelona still have a big say.<\/p>\n He joined the Catalan club on loan from Man United, and there is an option to buy him permanently.<\/p>\n Reports have put that buy option at around \u20ac30 million, although some sources have claimed Barcelona are trying to renegotiate the structure rather than simply trigger the clause straight away.<\/p>\n That hesitation could open the door for Real Madrid. If Mourinho really wants Rashford, he may see this as a rare chance to create a double blow: strengthen Madrid while also hurting Barcelona\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n Rashford has done enough in Spain to make the move believable too.<\/p>\n The most dramatic moment of Rashford\u2019s Barcelona spell came in El Clasico. He scored a free-kick in a 2-0 win over Real Madrid that sealed Barcelona\u2019s 29th La Liga title, which makes the idea of him joining Madrid even spicier.<\/p>\n \t\t\t
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From Man United\u2019s side, the situation may be fairly simple.<\/p>\n Rashford is under contract until 2028 and remains on huge wages, so United will want a clear financial solution rather than another messy temporary arrangement.<\/p>\n If Barcelona delay or try to lower the fee, United may be happy to listen to other clubs.<\/p>\n Would it make footballing sense? Maybe. Rashford\u2019s pace, direct running and ability to attack space could be useful for Madrid, especially if Mourinho wants a more transitional, explosive attack.<\/p>\n But Madrid also need to be careful. Rashford can be streaky, and if he arrives as a headline signing, the pressure would be enormous.<\/p>\n Man United receive major boost to sign high priority attacking target for \u20ac60-70million <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marcus Rashford\u2019s future has suddenly become a lot more interesting.The Manchester United forward is currently…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Manchester United forward is currently on loan at Barcelona, where he has helped Hansi Flick\u2019s side win La Liga, but Real Madrid may now be ready to enter the picture in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\nCould Rashford move to Real Madrid?<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/section>\nMan United want to offload the English attacker<\/h2>\n