{"id":1783,"date":"2026-06-06T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:23:43","slug":"world-cup-2026-will-summer-transfer-window-be-a-distraction-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Will summer transfer window be a distraction for England?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One player who settled his future before travelling across the Atlantic is <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Anthony Gordon<\/b>completing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c0e2jn3lne5o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">a move to Barcelona<\/a> from Newcastle United last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But whether he will be joined in Catalonia by England team-mate <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Marcus Rashford<\/b> is yet to be decided. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barca have a deadline of 15 June &#8211; two days before England&#8217;s World Cup opener against Croatia &#8211; to activate a clause that will make the 28-year-old&#8217;s loan move from Manchester United permanent for \u00a326m, but the Spanish club have been trying to renegotiate the terms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There remains a possibility the deadline passes without agreement, leaving Rashford&#8217;s future unresolved and negotiations continuing during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Defender <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">John Stones<\/b>meanwhile, will be on the hunt for a new club after bringing an end to his decade-long spell at City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During that time, he established himself as one of England&#8217;s most decorated players, winning six Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups and five League Cups among other honours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s about common sense. I would not like it (transfers) the day before a match, or on a matchday, that&#8217;s the policy,&#8221; said Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But everything else if it&#8217;s done privately, efficiently and quietly then we are always happy to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It helps to have clarity around the player. The best thing we can have is clarity so if anyone has a chance to complete a change of club and a transfer we will not stand in their way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But it has to align, of course, with our schedule and our goals which is to be focused and prepared for matches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One player who settled his future before travelling across the Atlantic is Anthony Gordoncompleting a move to Barcelona from Newcastle&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}