Barcelona make Manchester United superstar their top transfer target, Manchester United want to sign 5 players in the summer and more: Transfer Roundup, 17 April 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 17, 2019 13:35 GMT

Leo Messi would be chuffed if Barcelona can land their top transfer target

Barcelona want Marcus Rashford; to make his signing priority

Rashford is one of Manchester United's prized assets

It is almost certain now that Barcelona will be going into the summer transfer window in pursuit of a top striker. Luis Suarez is yet to break his duck in the UEFA Champions League this season and the club has had to rely heavily on the magic of Leo Messi to bail them out on several occasions.

Now, reports suggest that Barcelona want Marcus Rashford to take over from the Uruguayan has served the club so well over the past few years. The Manchester United striker is one of the most promising young strikers in the game and is one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's and Manchester United's most prized assets.

Manchester United have reportedly offered him a bumper contract and will not let go of the England international for cheap, if at all they do.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram