The justification for this shift in stance—less than six weeks ago, Deco explicitly named Rashford as a player Barcelona “liked”—is the preference for Liverpool forward Luis Díaz. The Colombia international is deemed to be more versatile, more experienced and more willing to sacrifice himself for the good of the team than Rashford.

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Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has made a change to his social media, less than 24 hours after he was among the five players who expressed their desire to leave the club this summer. Rashford was joined by Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia in signalling their intention to depart Ruben Amorim's side.