Deco is beginning to tilt the balance in one of Barça’s most delicate summer decisions. The idea gaining strength inside the club is clear: instead of keeping Marcus Rashford on a very high salary, Barça would rather invest around €60 million in a new winger. That reflection makes sense given how complicated his continuity has become in recent weeks.
Rashford’s case remains blocked by two very specific factors. The first is the transfer fee, because Manchester United are still asking for €30 million to let him leave. The second is even more delicate: his salary, which would make any permanent deal much heavier for Barça.
That is where the club’s new position starts to take shape. If Barça have to make a serious financial effort in attack, they prefer to do it for a player they fully own, with a better fit for the project and more sustainable long-term conditions. In other words, paying heavily for Rashford every season is starting to look less attractive than making a bigger but more structural investment in another winger.
Rashford’s total cost changes the debate
The discussion is no longer only about whether Rashford is liked from a football perspective. In fact, Barça have valued parts of his adaptation and some stretches of his performances. The problem is the difference between liking a player and committing to an expensive deal involving both fee and wages.
Manchester United are also not making things easy. The €30 million purchase clause remains the key reference, and the English club has not clearly opened the door to more comfortable formulas for Barça. That makes Rashford’s continuity increasingly difficult.
In this context, the sporting department is now thinking differently. If the club must make a major investment, they want it to be for a winger who arrives as a clear future bet, not for an operation conditioned by an already huge salary. That idea fits perfectly with a summer once again shaped by Financial Fair Play.
Barça now look at a different kind of winger
The internal reading is becoming increasingly clear. Rashford is still appreciated, but his continuity is no longer being judged only by performance. Barça are now calculating the full cost of the operation, and that changes everything.
This does not mean the Englishman is completely ruled out right now. It means the club is starting to see more logic in a new investment than in extending a very expensive formula. That is why Deco is now leaning in another direction: spending big on a new winger rather than being tied down by Rashford’s salary.
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