Barcelona sporting director Deco says there is no penalty clause if the club do not sign Marcus Rashford permanently from Manchester United next summer.
When Rashford joined Barcelona, who have an option to buy the winger worth around €30 million (£26.2 million, $35.2 million), reports suggested the agreement was similar to that reached with Chelsea over Jadon Sancho last season. The Blues declined their obligation to sign Sancho permanently this summer and paid a £5 million penalty to do so.
was among those to report that Barcelona had agreed to a penalty clause of their own which would be lower than the £5 million received from Chelsea, but Deco has disputed the claims.
“He’s on a simple loan, there’s no penalty, and if we want him, we have an option to buy,” Deco told .
There have even been recent reports that Barcelona have already decided to pursue Rashford’s permanent signing and could even bring such a move forward to the January transfer window but, once again, Deco insisted otherwise.
