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Steve McManaman believes Marcus Rashford has no place at Barcelona despite his sensational loan move. The Manchester United forward finally sealed a move away from Old Trafford last month as he moved to Catalonia for the forthcoming season.

The switch sees him move on loan, albeit Barcelona have an option to make the move permanent next summer for around £30m. But Rashford has had a slow start to life in Spain.

Barcelona are still struggling to register him for this season’s La Liga opener due to their uncertain financial situation. And Liverpool icon McManaman struggles to see Rashford getting an opportunity given the options that the club already have.

“It's certainly important that he hits the ground running,” he said at an event with ESPN. “I thought it was an incredible move for him, to be very honest.

“The last couple of seasons at Manchester United, the way Manchester United performed - for him to leave and go to arguably one of the most exciting teams in Europe, I thought: 'He's got an amazing agent.'

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“Where's he going to fit in? The answer is, I don't know. Because Raphinha, Robert [Lewandowski] and Lamine [Yamal], they had the most incredible season.

“So you think that is set in stone. You've got Ferran [Torres] behind them. They've moved a couple of players out - if anything, when you look at Barcelona's team, they need a couple of more defenders... but they go and bring in yet another forward. So we'll wait and see.”

McManaman added: “I hope he's a huge success, and I hope he does play. Because it will benefit everybody if he does play.”

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Barcelona are just a day from starting their latest La Liga season as they travel to Mallorca on Saturday evening. As it stands, Rashford’s registration has still not been approved.

But it appears that the Spanish giants are set to take emergency action to ensure that he can play sooner rather than later. According to The Athletic, Barcelona executives would be willing to put their own personal wealth at risk to secure a bank guarantee worth around €7million (£6m).

Rashford is not the only player who is not eligible to play though. Goalkeepers Joan Garcia and Wojciech Szczesny, as well as young defender Gerard Martin, are still not registered.

Rashford will certainly be keen to get back on the pitch sooner rather than later having scored four goals in 17 appearances on loan at Aston Villa last season, albeit the Premier League side chose not to sign him permanently.

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