Barcelona LEAK Marcus Rashford transfer announcement before hastily deleting video - with on-loan Man United forward 'set to be handed iconic shirt No at the Spanish giants'

Barcelona have jumped the gun by leaking their transfer announcement of Marcus Rashford, before hastily deleting the video. 

The Spanish giants, who are poised to officially unveil the on-loan English forward later on Wednesday, shared a social media package on Rashford before anything had been confirmed. 

The clip was posted on the club's official YouTube channel before somebody spotted the error and took it down, though it was still spread far and wide on social media.

In the video, a female presenter introduces the segment by saying: 'Welcome to 10 things you need to know about our new signing. This time we're going to do it about Marcus Rashford. 

The move is hardly a secret and there was more evidence of the preparation for his announcement taking place on Tuesday.  

Rashford had been spotted by an influencer filming with Barcelona's media team on the pitch next to a British prop of a red phone box. 

Clearly the club are pulling out all the stops to announce their new man, who is set to join with a 15 per cent pay cut to his £315,000-a-week Man United wage and an option to buy him next summer understood to be £30m. 

Rashford might have to wait until after the club’s tour of Asia, which starts this week, to be officially added to their squad as they are struggling to register new signings. 

The soon to be ex-Man United forward spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa and Ruben Amorim made it clear he would not be part of his future plans. 

Barcelona nearly took Rashford in January but had to sell before they could buy and now the deal is finally on the brink of being announced. 

It has also been revealed that the 27-year-old will wear the No 14 for his new side. 

According to Mundo Deportivo, he will have the honour of wearing the same shirt that Johan Cruyff made famous for the Catalan side. 

Rashford is also known to be a huge admirer of Thierry Henry, who also wore No 14.  

Rashford's former United team-mate Paul Pogba reacted to the news of his impending move to Barcelona, telling YouTuber IShowSpeed: 'That's crazy, but I'm happy for him because they [United] took his number. Manchester United are losing a great player. Unlucky for them.

'It's great for Barcelona to be honest. I'm not even talking about United, because they've bought a few new players and the new manager wants to do his thing I guess. 

'It's not really his [Amorim's] fault. If he doesn't believe in someone. He needs to win. If he doesn't win they're going to sack him.'

Rashford's No 10 shirt at United was taken by recent arrival Matheus Cunha, who joined the club from Wolves for £62.5m.