Marcus Rashford’s late penalty at Parc des Princes helped Manchester United seal a berth in the Champions League quarter-final at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain.
Prior to the first leg at Old Trafford, the Red Devils manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his assistant Mike Phelan made a trip to France to watch Les Parisiens in action against Lyon in February.
Barcelona will be the English club’s next opponent in the European competition and the former will host Atletico Madrid in the league this weekend.
Journalist Miguel Rico, writing on the last page of today’s edition of Mundo Deportivo, claims the former Cardiff City manager will be in attendance at Camp Nou to watch Ernesto Valverde’s side in action against the Spanish capital club.
Rico also claims the Norwegian will use the scouting trip to his advantage to watch Atletico’s Saul Niguez in action against Barca.
Several reports in Spain and England claim the midfielder is a transfer target for the Premier League outfit, just weeks after initially linking him with a move to Manchester City.
A source has informed Sport Witness that the Saul claims aren’t concrete. It makes absolute sense for Manchester United’s manager to be watching Barca this weekend, and much as the Spanish media may try to shoehorn a transfer story in there, it’s almost certainly nonsense.
