On Sunday, Marcus Rashford made his debut in an Aston Villa shirt. With no match practice since mid-December, United player Unai Emery convinced that the signing is right. On Sunday, a Spanish 21-year-old also attracted attention. The Barcelona player who is closely followed by both Manchester United and Aston Villa.
Fermin Lopez was substituted for Barcelona against Sevilla, scored, then sent off. Reasonably intense game for the 21-year-old with a solid 3 league goals and 2 assists in 575 minutes of playing time. Manchester United and Aston Villa agreed on a Rashford solution, but according to Spanish Sport, the two clubs faced each other in the battle to tempt Lopez to the Premier League.
The Spanish media claim that the two clubs were willing to bid well above the market price of €50 million in January for the highly versatile striker with two appearances in the Spanish national team.
However, there was no match between United and Villa. According to the Spanish media, Lopez was uninterested in leaving Barcelona to play for United or Villa.
