Alejandro Garnacho has left a comment on Marcus Rashford's announcement post after he was officially unveiled as a Barcelona player on Wednesday evening.
Rashford, a boyhood United fan and academy graduate, has found himself frozen out at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim after the Portuguese took issue with his performance level in training.
Having been dropped from the matchday squad for the Manchester derby victory in December, Rashford did not feature again for United and spent the second half of the season on loan at Aston Villa.
His form saw him earn a recall to the England squad, but it did not change his situation at United, where he had his No.10 taken off him and was placed in a 'bomb squad' alongside Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia.
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United were unable to shift Rashford off the books immediately and he trained alone, although discussions with Barca quickly progressed and an agreement in principle was reached for the 27-year-old.
After passing his medical, Rashford has signed on loan until the end of the season – though Barca have the option to buy him for £30.3 million.
It has been claimed that the Blaugrana will be forced to pay €5 million as a penalty clause if they do not sign Rashford permanently – similar to what happened with Jadon Sancho when Chelsea elected against bringing him in.
The La Liga champions will cover all of Rashford's wages, which are considerable less than previously after he took a 25 per cent pay cut.
After flying to Barcelona on Sunday night, Rashford met with Hansi Flick and Deco on Monday before the move was officially announced by the club on Wednesday afternoon.
Barca confirmed the news with a post on Instagram. It read "FC Barcelona and Manchester United have reached an agreement for the loan of the player Marcus Rashford until 30 June 2026. The agreement also establishes an option to buy the English forward."
A short time later, Rashford's teammate Alejandro Garnacho left a comment on the post. It read: "Lets gooooo" followed by two salute emojis.
Though there are still fears that they may not be able to register him straight away, Rashford is expected to be part of the Barcelona's pre-season tour of Asia, where they will take on Vissel Kobe in Japan before playing two games in South Korea against Daegu FC and FC Seoul.
Topics: Marcus Rashford, Barcelona, FC Barcelona, Manchester United
Josh Lawless