Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was quick to congratulate Marcus Rashford on his La Liga success while on loan at Barcelona.
The England forward had an evening of dreams on Sunday as he scored a superb free-kick to open the scoring against Real Madrid on the Camp Nou.
Barca would go on to win El Clasico 2-0 and secure the league title in the method as they’re 14 points clear of Real Madrid with three games to play.
Rashford is on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United for the season and that was his 14th goal of the campaign in all competitions.
His future is uncertain beyond this season, although he has made it clear he would really like to stay with the Catalan giants.
Nonetheless, he clearly still has good relations with some at Old Trafford, with Fernandes posting on Instagram: ‘Congratulations my brother. You deserve that.’
Rashford’s post read: ‘What an evening 🤩🏆 Won El Clásico. Won the League. ❤️💙 Special feeling. Visca el Barça!!’
The 28-year-old suggested that signing off with a trophy was the ‘perfect way I need it to finish’ at Barcelona, but has also made it clear that he wants a deal done to maintain him in Spain.
‘That is the right way I need it to finish,’ Rashford told ESPN. ‘I’m very glad, I just need to enjoy today.
‘I live within the moment. At the top of the season we’ll see. I got here here to win and we do this, so I’m very glad. It’s an incredible feeling.
‘The sensation is amazing. It’s been an extended season with ups and downs, but I feel we deserved to win [La Liga].’
Asked if he would still be a Barcelona player come the beginning of next season, Rashford added: ‘I don’t know. I’m not a magician, but when I was, I might stay. We’ll see. I got here here to win. I need to win as many things as I can.
‘That is one more so as to add to this. This is a superb team, they’re going to win a lot in the long run; to be an element of that may be special.’
Speaking last month, interim Manchester United boss Michael Carrick left the door ajar for a Rashford return to Old Trafford.
‘There’s decisions to be made on certain things, and clearly Marcus is in that situation,’ said Carrick. ‘But at this cut-off date, nothing’s been decided.
‘It’s going to be, since it must be at a certain point, but at this stage, there’s nothing to say.’
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