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Nicely-sourced journalist Andy Mitten has claimed that he’s listening to a variety of good issues about Marcus Rashford this pre-season.
Rashford was electrical in Erik ten Hag’s first season in cost, scoring 30 targets in all competitions, together with the second aim within the Carabao Cup ultimate win towards Newcastle United in 2023.
Final season nevertheless was a very totally different kettle of fish as his marketing campaign was hounded by poor kind and off-pitch issues.
The winger solely scored eight targets all season, with midfielder Scott McTominay discovering the online twice extra in all competitions.
What’s extra a ingesting binge in Belfast in January noticed the participant dropped after lacking coaching and a pressure was placed on his relationship with supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Nonetheless, Rashford has been stable to this point in pre-season, enjoying all three matches up to now as his poor showings final yr value him a spot in England’s Euro 2024 squad.
The 26 yr outdated assisted Rasmus Hojlund’s aim towards Arsenal as he lofted the ball ahead for the younger Dane to catch and slot house.
Talking on his efficiency Mitten commented, “he’s been sharp pre-season. He did OK, he assisted the opening aim.”
Extra apparently nevertheless, the author for The Athletic said, “I’m listening to good issues about him and I haven’t heard good issues about him since pre-season 2022. So I get that we’re actually actually early on, the season hasn’t even began but however I’m simply relaying to you what I’m listening to about him and it’s optimistic”.
The Purple Devils have introduced in Joshua Zirkzee this summer time however are nonetheless counting on younger stars like Rasmus Hojlund, Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo to hold the attacking burden.
It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not Jadon Sancho will probably be on the membership by the top of summer time regardless of his rapprochement with Ten Hag.
Due to this fact, a match and totally firing Rashford could be an enormous assist for United this season of their goal of getting the aspect again to the place they really feel they belong domestically and in Europe.
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