Out-of-favour England forward Marcus Rashford revealed that his summer loan deal with Barcelona wasn’t the first time he was in contact with the Spanish behemoths about a potential transfer. The one factor that swayed him to join the Catalan club was a desire for change after spending more than 20 years with his parent club, Manchester United.

After enduring a couple of turbulent seasons with Manchester United and being exiled from the main squad, Rashford has found his lost mojo, netting five goals in 12 appearances. The 27-year-old explained the reason behind his newfound purple patch and explained that he is benefiting from “a new environment”.

“It was so many years in one place. People forget this, but 24 years, 23 years of my life was with Manchester United. So sometimes you just ne

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