{"id":2702,"date":"2026-09-12T08:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T08:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2026-09-12T08:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T08:08:28","slug":"key-reason-why-barcelona-rejected-marcus-rashford-transfer-despite-29-goal-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Key reason why Barcelona rejected Marcus Rashford transfer despite 29 goal contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rashford spent the 2025\/26 campaign on loan from Manchester United and finished with 14 goals and 15 assists, contributing directly to 29 goals across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Yet when the time came to decide on his long-term future, <em>Bar\u00e7a<\/em> opted for <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/anthony-gordon-239013\">Anthony Gordon<\/a> instead and Romano has explained that the choice was primarily driven by what Flick wanted from his attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to Romano, there was no issue between Rashford and Flick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rashford was crucial in Barcelona\u2019s success last season. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rather, the Barcelona manager respected the forward and developed a strong relationship with him during the season, so much so that his attitude and performances were viewed positively by the German coach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That makes the club\u2019s decision particularly interesting because Rashford had delivered productive numbers and helped the club win trophies. However, Flick was looking beyond his output in front of goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The manager wanted a forward capable of offering more across the attacking line while contributing significantly when Barcelona did not have possession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The crucial factor was versatility combined with defensive intensity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Barcelona decided to bet on Anthony Gordon. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Flick wanted someone who could cover multiple positions in attack while also providing the work rate required to support the team\u2019s defensive structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On that note, Barcelona\u2019s coaching staff believed Gordon was better suited to those demands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The English winger\u2019s ability to operate on either flank, coupled with the defensive work expected of him, ultimately made him the preferred option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In other words, Barcelona\u2019s choice was less about replacing Rashford\u2019s production and more about finding a profile that matched Flick\u2019s tactical requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/key-reason-why-barcelona-rejected-marcus-rashford-transfer-despite-29-goal-contributions-43445164\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rashford spent the 2025\/26 campaign on loan from Manchester United and finished with 14 goals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2Fv22Fphotobooth2Fcms2Fen2F434451643Fdate2026-09-12.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}