Paris Saint-Germain are willing to make Marcus Rashford one of the best-paid players on the planet in a bid to beat Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Real Betis to his signature.
PSG are understood to be putting together a package that could be worth up to £850,000 a week for the 25-year-old, who will be out of contract at United in the summer and is free to negotiate with overseas teams from next month.
It means United will have to offer their England star, who has been at the club since he was a boy, a similar weekly sum if they want to keep him at Old Trafford.
Local lad Rashford had a difficult couple of seasons prior to this one, particularly under Ralf Rangnick.
But there is a belief now that he came back too soon from injury and should have spent longer in rehabilitation.
That feeling has grown this season now he is fit and well and enjoying his football again under Erik ten Hag.
And all that has translated into his on-field form for United and at the World Cup for Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions.
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German giants Bayern have been monitoring Rashford’s situation with interest but the figures being mooted are likely to put them off.
Betis, too, will struggle to get close to PSG’s offer, with sources suggesting the LaLiga side could go to around £500,000 a week.
That clearly leaves mega-rich PSG, of his suitors outside of United, in the box seat.
A player of Rashford’s age, ability and experience would be worth around £70million with more time to run on his contract, meaning a huge saving for any buying club.
If such a transfer fee were attached he would also command wages of around £350,000 a week — meaning a total package to sign him from United over, say, four years would be around £140m for any buying club.
However, the fact there is no fee means teams can offer the player a far more lucrative weekly wage.
And if he were to really do the business in Paris, they know his value would soar given his prime years are still ahead of him.
