Marcus Rashford, at just 18 years old, has already made a name for himself in the Manchester United squad and won two trophies with the Red Devils, including the FA Cup and Community Shield. In fact, this time a year ago, the forward was an unknown quantity and didn’t look within reach of the first team squad.
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“If you’re allowed to have moments where it doesn’t go for you, then you can have those moments everyone looks back on”. He wants to work, he wants to learn and some of the younger players nowadays in football haven’t really got that attitude.
Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford continues to impress.
And it’s the professional and mature nature of Rashford that has Rooney believing he can follow in his own footsteps.
The teenager also scored on his full England debut and scored a hat-trick last month on his first appearance for Gareth Southgate’s U21 side. “He is some talent and, if he keeps going, he’ll be a real star for this club and for England”.
Neville jumped to the defence of his former teammate as Rooney endured yet another frustrating evening during the 3-1 victory over Northampton in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. What a great youngster to bring into the side, with the experience around him. However, Rooney also stressed that Rashford needs to be given the opportunity to forge his own path at United.
“With players like that, you want to let them just play”.
“He’s still an important player, but you can see in his performance he’s not playing to the top level”, Neville said. It puts others under pressure, but this kid is special and he’s scoring goals.
When introducing both Rashford and Ibrahimovic off the bench, Mourinho moved Rooney to a right-wing role and the skipper struggled to influence the game.
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