{"id":23738,"date":"2026-02-13T14:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/premier-league-club-refuses-to-budge-on-41-million-demand-for-on-loan-barcelona-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:30","slug":"premier-league-club-refuses-to-budge-on-41-million-demand-for-on-loan-barcelona-forward","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/premier-league-club-refuses-to-budge-on-41-million-demand-for-on-loan-barcelona-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League club refuses to budge on $41 million demand for on-loan Barcelona forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This is because, Manchester United have no intention of lowering the agreed transfer price for the English forward. Rashford has enjoyed an impressive spell under Hansi Flick since arriving on loan. His form has improved steadily, and he has become an important part of the attacking rotation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">What started as a short-term solution has now turned into a serious long-term consideration for the Barcelona board. However, the financial terms of the deal were already defined when the loan was negotiated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDlaminiSD%40sabc.co.za%7C2d96112f7f824a9f142308de6b08241e%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639065879859292789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UbgIRG8YmHXFMKyq4Mq2%2FsQ8Y0OZxV9cHCrLhRPZ%2BAE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"x__x0000_i1025\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" border=\"0\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23739,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23738","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Premier League club refuse to budge on $41 million demand for on-loan Barcelona forward\u00a0Marcus Rashford. Barcelona's intention to keep Marcus Rashford beyond this season is becoming clearer, but the operation will not come cheaply","published_date":"2026-02-13 00:00:00","news_description":"Premier League club refuse to budge on $41 million demand for on-loan Barcelona forward\u00a0Marcus Rashford. Barcelona's intention to keep Marcus Rashford beyond this season is becoming clearer, but the operation will not come cheaply","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26619,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23738\/revisions\/26619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}