I think our Rashford card does give us some leverage. Regardless of the caf perception, Rashford is held in very high esteem and I suspect all the top clubs would want him in a heartbeat. He’s an 80m+ player too, so the sort of swap that Barca could do without it looking like they have been screwed, and Frenkie is the sort of player we could sign without looking like we have been done either.
Barcelona in particular need forwards. They wanted Adeyemi but didn’t want to pay for him, and look to be losing Dembele (and possibly Memphis too).