The England international was one of nine players who travelled from Manchester on Sunday morning after an extended break following the World Cup.

Rashford helped Barca to the LaLiga crown last season but Hansi Flick’s side opted against making his move permanent.

England produced an impressive second-half performance to see off Croatia in their opening match.

Bobby Thomas’ late equaliser snatched a 1-1 draw at Blackburn.

Julian Alvarez’s superb free-kick and Alexander Sorloth took advantage of Pau Cubarsi’s first-half dismissal at the Spotify Camp Nou.

Rashford’s season-long loan deal includes an option to make the move permanent for a fee reported to be 30million euros

Barca were trailing 2-0 when Rashford was taken off at half-time before Pedri, Ferran Torres and Unai Elgezabal’s last-gasp own goal snatched victory.

Rashford ended last season on loan at Aston Villa

The 25-year-old has signed a deal with the Old Trafford club until 2030.

The recent arrivals combined to turn defeat into victory for Aston Villa against Chelsea on Saturday.

Watkins scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

Palmer pulled off a string of saves to frustrate the hosts.

Promotion contenders Burnley have pulled off something of a coup to sign forward Marcus Edwards on loan from Sporting Lisbon.

United failed to score in a home defeat to Crystal Palace hours before Rashford’s loan move to Aston Villa was confirmed.

Rashford out of Man United's trip to Liverpool with illness

Rashford had been left out of the last four United squads after boss Ruben Amorim appeared to question his professionalism.

Marcus Rashford was again omitted from the Manchester United squad for the midweek clash in north London.

Rashford said he was ready for a ‘new challenge’ in an interview on X

Ruben Amorim watched Manchester United play out a 1-1 draw at Ipswich to move up to 12th in the Premier League.

Rashford scored his first goal since March at Southampton and then hit a brace against Barnsley in the Carabao Cup.

Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Christian Eriksen all scored braces.

The Manchester United striker was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on the M60 in Manchester

Rashford has scored just eight goals this season.

Hojlund will miss Saturday’s match against Fulham and the midweek FA Cup tie at Nottingham Forest.

The in-form 21-year-old has scored seven goals in his last six appearances for United.

Rashford was left out due to illness after reportedly spending Thursday night in a Belfast nightclub, but United say the issue has now been resolved.

The incident happened on Saturday night following United’s win over Burnley.