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🚨Gary Neville on Barca signing Marcus Rashford permanently:
🗣️: “I know many people will disagree with me because football today is obsessed with highlights. A player scores one incredible goal from 25 meters and suddenly everyone forgets the other 85 minutes. But coaches and teammates do not think like fans on social media. They look at reliability, decision-making, and consistency.
Rashford is one of those players who can score the most difficult goals and then miss the easiest chances five minutes later. For me, that is a dangerous profile for a club like Barcelona. At Barça, you are not judged by moments, you are judged by control. You must help the team dominate games consistently.
People say ‘sign him on a free transfer’ as if free means no risk. Some players cost nothing financially but still weaken your team on the pitch. If I was Barcelona, I would not sign him even for free because he does not elevate the collective level. Football is not about collecting famous names, it is about building balance.
When you play for clubs fighting for every trophy, you cannot survive on unpredictability. In one match he looks world class, in the next he misses simple 1v1 chances that completely change the game. That inconsistency affects the confidence of the entire team.
At Barcelona especially, forwards are expected to make the right decisions under pressure. The club already has enough players who can create magic moments. What they need are players who make the team stronger every week, not players who leave you wondering which version will appear.
I always say football becomes weaker when clubs build teams based on reputation instead of chemistry and reliability. Rashford has talent, nobody can deny that, but talent alone is not enough to improve a team at the highest level"