We can definitely all learn from him while he is here, so we all need to take that chance, ‘ said Rashford, whose breakthrough for United and England was one of last season’s big stories.
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Indeed, Blind was utilised as a left-back, a central midfielder and ultimately a centre-half by the Dutchman, who called upon him as Chris Smalling’s resident centre-back partner last season. You can see he’s a top player. “What I’m saying is not only for me but everyone in the squad”.
“We’re in a very good spot now, we think we can challenge for the Premier League, and we want to put a marker down, in the Community Shield with Leicester”.
And ahead of the new season, the 26-year-old is willing to remain versatile to help earn himself regular first-team football.
“I know it’s a one-off game, but we want to show we can win a trophy early on – we feel that’s an important event for us”.
“Of course it was awesome to hear this from Mourinho and he said he will keep an eye on how I do this season”.
There has been reported interest from Besiktas and Paris Saint-Germain while it was claimed that both Milan clubs could make a move over the weekend. That’s what I do, work hard and I want to be part of the team.
Blind also had a few words to say about his club’s new manager Jose Mourinho. Speaking of the Portuguese manager, he said, “The manager is very honest”. I think it is good for the manager to have different options’.
‘This is a great manager with his own plans and we’ve already learned a lot as a team.
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“Zlatan always made me score lots of goals – four or five – in training matches and then, on Sundays, in the league, he always scored”.
