{"id":45123,"date":"2026-03-17T19:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=45123"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:45:21","slug":"barcelona-eye-permanent-move-for-rashford-as-laporta-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/barcelona-eye-permanent-move-for-rashford-as-laporta-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Eye Permanent Move for Rashford as Laporta Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed the club\u2019s intention to keep Marcus Rashford beyond the current season, praising the forward\u2019s performances and overall contribution to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a recent interview, Laporta made it clear that Barcelona will explore all possible options to ensure Rashford continues at the club long-term. \u201cWe will try, in Bar\u00e7a\u2019s interest, to ensure that Marcus Rashford can continue with us beyond this season,\u201d he said, underlining the club\u2019s commitment to retaining the player.<\/p>\n<p>Rashford has made a strong impression since his arrival, delivering consistent performances in front of goal while also contributing creatively. His ability to provide both goals and assists has added a new attacking dimension to Barcelona\u2019s frontline, making him a key figure in the current setup.<\/p>\n<p>Laporta also highlighted the club\u2019s satisfaction with the England international\u2019s form, stating that the coaching staff and management are pleased with his impact. \u201cMarcus is performing very well with assists and goals, we\u2019re happy,\u201d he added, reinforcing the belief that Rashford fits perfectly into Barcelona\u2019s playing philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed the club\u2019s intention to keep Marcus Rashford beyond the current season, praising the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":45124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[681,661,3686,1823,3796,564,2027,249,1139,4935],"class_list":["post-45123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-barca","tag-barcelona","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-joan-laporta","tag-manchester-united","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-permanent"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45125,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45123\/revisions\/45125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}