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“He was a Goalkeeper ” Marcus Rashford Football Journey
One of the greatest strikers of all time Rashford used to be a shot stopper. “I was a GOALKEEPER!” Marcus Rashford Reveals Secret about His Football Journey.
Rashford began playing football for Fletcher Moss Rangers at the age of five, starting out as a goalkeeper, and cited former Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard as his goalkeeping idol.
Fletcher Ross Rangers academy development officer Dave Horrocks recalls that Rashford was on a “different level” to other boys, playing a major role as the team won a tournament with 15 scouts from various clubs watching.
Rashford spent a week training with Manchester City before he joined the academy system at Manchester United at the age of seven, amid interest from Everton and Liverpool. He credited his brothers with helping him decide to join United. Former United youth coach Paul McGuinness quickly saw Rashford’s potential due to his athleticism both on and off the ball.
During his early years at the club, he often had to miss training as he found it difficult to get to training due to his mother and brothers working, and eventually received assistance from youth coaches Dave Bushell, Eamon Mulvey, and Tony Whelan, who helped find drivers for Rashford to get to the training ground.
When he was 11, he became the youngest ever player to be selected for the Manchester United Schoolboy Scholars scheme, usually reserved for players 12 and above.
He was fastracked and began playing cage football with Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Ravel Morrison, helping to increase his skill level playing with players four years his senior
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford reacts to quotes about him, including from Barack Obama and Sir Alex Ferguson!
Incredible talent but more importantly a top bloke, I have massive respect for Marcus
Humble, family orientated & a fantastic role model & human being. On top of all of that growing into a superb, hungry & deadly forward.
This is the Marcus that must keep going with all the supporters, team & manager behind him…with him in this frame of mind & spirit he is unstopabble.
He is doing all the right things physically & mentally with ETHs full trust & mentorship…this season should be the start of seeing his full powerful potential.
Keep it up Marcus – only look forward…..everyone is proud of you & the team coming together this season, fighting with every ounce of energy in every game.
ETH has gotten the best out of Marcus but he has also worked super hard both physically and mentally to get to the top of his game. A great man on and off the field. So pleased for him.
A United fan from the off, Rashford admits that he idolised fromer Man Utd goalkeeper Tim Howard over Cristiano Ronaldo or Ryan Giggs.
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is now regarded as one of the best attacking players in the world.
But it seems he wasn’t always dreaming of scoring goals at Old Trafford.
Rashford rose through the academy at United, joining when he was just seven.
Obama with Rashford
But before linking up the the Red Devils academy, the England international has revealed that he tried his hand in goal while playing for grassroots club Fletcher Moss Rangers.
A United fan from the off, Rashford admits that he idolised GOALIE Tim Howard over Cristiano Ronaldo or Ryan Giggs.
Rashford also put his hand up to don the gloves if he was ever needed.
He added: “You watch, there’ll be a game… I’m going to get the gloves one day!”
More recently, the 23-year-old hit back at reports surrounding his decision to invest in property while also describing him as a “campaigning football star”.
Responding to the article, the footie star said: “Ok, so let’s address this. I’m 23.
“I came from little. I need to protect not just my future but my family’s too.
“To do that I made a decision at the beginning of 2020 to start investing more in property.
“Please don’t run stories like this alongside refs to ‘campaigning’.”
Rashford has pioneered campaigns to change government ruling on free meals for vulnerable children in school holidays, and even spoke to Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently to discuss the issue.
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
SportsFila reflect on Manchester United’s 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup Quarterfinals and look ahead to the semifinals where Erik ten Hag’s side will take on Coventry.
How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
