Barcelona coach Xavi plans to man-mark Marcus Rashford with Ronald Araujo for their Europa League clash with Manchester United.

So far this season, Rashford has scored 21 goals in 23 games in all competitions for his club.

This includes one goal against Leeds on Sunday, helping United to a 2-0 win.

He will spearhead the Red Devils attack in the Europa League tie against Barcelona, with the first leg to be played at the Nou Camp on Thursday.

And Xavi has conjured up an idea to stop the 25-year-old from having a successful match.

The Spaniard is set to tell Araujo to man-mark the striker for the entirety of the match, reports AS.

The hope will be to reduce the amount of space Rashford can exploit if he is in the continued company of the Uruguayan international.

Araujo is used to this style of play, having enjoyed a successful battle against Real Madrid's Brazilian star attacker Vinicius Jnr.