It looked like one step forward and two steps back for Marcus Rashford when, three days after he scored twice in Barcelona’s 2-1 Champions League victory at Newcastle, he was late for a team meeting and dropped.

Barcelona are unlikely to discuss a permanent move for Marcus Rashford until next summer; Barca are delighted with the progress of Rashford, who, despite still having three years left on his current deal Man Utd,

Marcus Rashford, Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold. All three English players could feature in Sunday’s first Clasico of the season between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

A recent insight into how FC Barcelona view Marcus Rashford has proven Erik ten Hag right about the Manchester United loanee. After a difficult few seasons at Old Trafford, Rashford is thriving on the pitch once again. In 12 games for Barcelona, the Englishman has found the back of the net five times and provided six assists.

Messi has illuminated meetings with MadridMessi was just 19 years of age when making his first decisive contribution to a Clasico contest, with said outing taking place on March 10, 2007. He was almost unplayable that day,

Marcus Rashford has said he wants to join Barcelona permanently. Rashford is currently on loan at Barcelona after making the temporary switch from Manchester United during the summer transfer window after falling out of favour under Ruben Amorim earlier in the year.