{"id":51690,"date":"2026-05-11T17:14:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51690"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:44:34","slug":"marcus-rashford-drops-huge-barcelona-future-hint-if-i-was-a-magician-i-would-stay-after-el-clasico-title-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/other-sports\/marcus-rashford-drops-huge-barcelona-future-hint-if-i-was-a-magician-i-would-stay-after-el-clasico-title-heroics\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Rashford drops huge Barcelona future hint: \u201cIf I was a Magician, I would Stay!\u201d after El Clasico title heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Marcus Rashford <\/b>delivered a standout performance as Barcelona clinched the 2025\/26 La Liga title with a 2-0 victory over Real Madrid in a historic El Clasico at Spotify Camp Nou.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The England international opened the scoring with a stunning free-kick in the <b>9th minute<\/b>, ending Barcelona\u2019s 14-year wait for a direct free-kick goal in El Clasico since Lionel Messi. Ferran Torres added a second as Hansi Flick\u2019s side secured back-to-back La Liga titles in unforgettable fashion.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Rashford\u2019s Honest Admission on Future<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to BBC Sport after the match, the on-loan Manchester United forward made his feelings clear about staying at the club. \u201cI <b>don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to stay. I am not a magician, but if I were, I\u2019d stay so we will see<\/b>,\u201d Rashford said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His comments have sent Barcelona fans into a frenzy, with many hoping the club activates their reported <b>\u20ac30 million<\/b> purchase option in the summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Story Behind the Magic Free-Kick<\/h3>\n<p>Rashford revealed he initially wasn\u2019t planning to take the set-piece. \u201cI <b>wasn\u2019t going to take it. I couldn\u2019t see the angle\u2026 but then everyone told me to take it and that gave me confidence<\/b>,\u201d he explained. The result was a thunderous strike past Thibaut Courtois.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Thriving Under Flick<\/h3>\n<p>On loan this season, Rashford has been outstanding with <b>14 goals <\/b>and <b>12-14<\/b> assists in <b>47-48 appearances<\/b> across all competitions. He praised the squad: \u201c<b>The team is incredible. This team is going to win a lot of things in the future and being part of that would be very special.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>With his contract at United running until 2028, Rashford\u2019s future remains a major talking point. Barcelona supporters will be hoping the magician stays in Catalonia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford delivered a standout performance as Barcelona clinched the 2025\/26 La Liga title with a 2-0 victory over Real\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":51691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2286,564,2335,4057],"class_list":["post-51690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-barcelona-fc","tag-hansi-flick","tag-rashford","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51690","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\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51694,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51690\/revisions\/51694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}