Marcus Rashford is the next target on Tottenham Hotspur’s transfer wish list this summer.
Free-spending Tottenham are determined to get their business done early after signing Jan Paul van Hecke from Brighton for £52m last week and making an opening £80m bid for Sandro Tonali, which was rejected by Newcastle United.
Proven Premier League players are top priority over younger, more inexperienced starlets from abroad for Spurs. Rashford fits the bill perfectly. He has taken his good form into the World Cup, and is affordable.
The i Paper understands that while Tottenham would not be willing to match the £40m release clause Manchester United and Rashford have agreed upon, relating to the price Aston Villa were required to meet to make their loan permanent last year, they are exploring a lower offer.
At this stage, Rashford’s preference would be to move abroad again – preferably back to Barcelona, or to Bayern Munich, who are also monitoring the 28-year-old’s progress – or return to United and resurrect his boyhood dreams. Moving to another Premier League club is currently not on his radar.
