Manchester United’s hierarchy ‘regret’ agreeing to sell Marcus Rashford for just £26m and believe the Barcelona loanee is now worth double that amount.

Ruben Amorim sanctioned Rashford’s loan move to Barcelona last summer after placing the England international in his ‘bomb squad’.

Rashford made over 400 appearances for his boyhood club and enjoyed some prolific campaigns, scoring 30 goals under Erik ten Hag and also impressing for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

But the England forward fell out of favour under Amorim during the 2024-25 season and finished that campaign on loan at Aston Villa.

Villa were keen to sign Rashford on a permanent transfer but the 28-year-old made Barcelona his dream destination after the La Liga champions expressed interest in a deal.

As part of the loan, Manchester United agreed to sell Rashford to Barcelona permanently for just £26m.

That was seen as a relatively low fee at the time and Rashford’s productive spell in Spain has only increased speculation that Barcelona pulled off a significant coup.

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