Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz was deemed “too expensive” by Barcelona, who have pulled out of the race for his signature in the summer transfer window. The Catalan outfit will instead sign Marcus

Rashford has trained away from Ruben Amorim’s first-team since pre-season began and appears to be edging closer to a dream switch to Barcelona. Talks are understood to be progressing on a deal to take the United outcast to the LaLiga outfit, with a season-long loan including an option to buy being worked on.

Marcus Rashford looks set to join Barcelona on loan, having fallen out of favour at Manchester United after Ruben Amorim took charge of the club in November last year