Sources close to Marcus Rashford maintain that no decision has been communicated to them by Barcelona, and they still see a chance of remaining at the club next season alongside Anthony Gordon’s arrival.
Senior executives at Barca admit that with the arrival of Gordon, the chances for Rashford to stay are “more complicated” [@TheAthleticFC]
Amorim: “That is the kind of game where when we're not playing well we're defending well. We had our moments, we were focussed and competitive. Not the perfect performance. Senne [Lammens] did really well. We were a competitive and adult team today. We need to win these games with a clean sheet. Good for us.”
Worth noting:
This presumption appears to be contemplated by the agreement itself. The biggest “tell” imo, is the fact that the many protections (board appointments, veto rights over certain issues, share conversion with the expressed exemption of permissible parties) survive for 3 years— regardless of anything else
The structuring accomplishes two things:
1) dissuades 3rd parties from trying to come in and ruin the party; and,
2) creates a simple, logical path transfer (at minimum) majority control— with the minority ownership provisions functioning to minimize risk.
NEW: Manchester United staff told today that Glazers & INEOS have reflected on previous arrangement of “football operations” & the scope of INEOS’ influence will in fact be broader, meaning alignment will be sought on other key business matters https://t.co/XvCZQufb93