By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
@FCBarcelona.
Manchester United star and England international Marcus Rashford has officially been unveiled as an FC Barcelona player.
Rashford, 27, joins on an initial 12-month loan, with the Catalan giants having the option of signing the England international on a permanent basis for 35m euros in 2026.
He has become the first Englishman since Gary Lineker in 1986 to sign for Barca, will wear the No. 14 shirt.
He joins an elite club of players who have also sported the same number for the Catalan outfit including Thierry Henry, Javier Mascherano, Michael Laudrup and Ronald Koeman.
Our new number 14: Marcus Rashford 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/HPBX7HzEsF
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 23, 2025
“I’m very excited,” Rashford told Barcelona’s YouTube channel. “It’s a club where people’s dreams come true, they win big prizes.
“What the club stands for means a lot for me. I feel like I’m at home and a big factor in my choice to come here is because it is a family place and a good place for good players to showcase their skills.
“Another factor is because the conversations I had with [Hansi Flick] were positive. What he did last season was terrific. To lead such a young team to a very successful season and come back to pre-season and still want to do more, it shows me everything I thought I knew about the club and it’s everything I wished.
The England international trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Tuesday and is expected to be included in the squad that travels to Japan for a pre-season tour of Asia.
Barcelona kick off their preparations with a friendly against Vissel Kobe on Sunday.
A match against Korean outfit FC Seoul, who boast Rashford’s former Red Devils teammate Jesse Lingard in their ranks, follows on July 31.
The Spanish giants will round off their Asian tour on August 4 with a fixture against Daegu FC.
The move, Rashford’s second loan spell since last playing for United in December, sees the forward leave the Premier League for the first time. Rashford has scored 138 goals in 426 matches for Manchester United since making his debut for the club in 2016.