Marcus Rashford is the boyhood Manchester United fan who lived his dream until a precipitous fall from grace ended his love affair with the club.- Boyhood club - The left winger joined United at the age of seven and emerged as a teenage prodigy in 2016,

On his private plane over to Barcelona earlier this week, Marcus Rashford passed the time with his brothers by playing cards. The end was in sight after a month of brinkmanship, in which the forward played his hand perfectly to secure a dream move to Barcelona.

Marcus Rashford has been warned he’s going to have a battle on his hands to make it into the Barcelona XI after he joins from Manchester United. The forward is set to arrive on a season-long loan but faces competition for a place in the line-up from Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha and Ferran Torres.