Marcus Rashford defends Southampton player Alex Jankewitz after red card vs Manchester United

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford is expecting Shola Shoretire to make his mark at Manchester United, given time. The 17-year-old came on as a substitute in United's 3-1 win over Newcastle — his hometown team — as he replaced Rashford in the 89th minute at Old Trafford.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans had a predictable response when Marcus Rashford name dropped Jadon Sancho in his Twitter Q&A on Friday night.England international Sancho continues to be linked with a big-money move to United, having been courted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side last year.United's pursuit of Sancho was the story of last summer's transfer window but the English winger ended up staying at Borussia Dortmund, who held firm over their €120million asking

straight to your inbox every day for free Marcus Rashford believes Hannibal Mejbri could be the next academy graduate to make an impact on the Manchester United first-team stage. Mejbri, 18, was promoted to the club's first-team training bubble along with Shola Shoretire last week after the duo's impressive respective seasons at reserve level.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer admits Manchester United coaches are working on a specific finish Marcus Rashford is struggling to master in training.Rashford struck his 17th goal of the season in the 4-0 Europa League thrashing of Real Sociedad but his performance was marred by some glaring one-on-one misses in the first-half.The 23-year-old broke into the United side as a centre forward five years ago but Solskjaer has primarily used Rashford on the left flank,

straight to your inbox every day for freeJuan Mata joked with Manchester United defender Eric Bailly after the latter claimed to have provided an assist for the Reds in their 4-0 Europa League win against Real Sociedad on Thursday.United are in full control of their Europa League last-32 tie against Sociedad after Bruno Fernandes' double and goals from Marcus Rashford and Daniel James sealed a comprehensive victory in Turin.

straight to your inbox every day for freePaul Scholes says Marcus Rashford needs to develop a ruthless streak in front of goal to move to the next level for Manchester United. The 23-year-old spurned two first-half chances in United's Europa League 4-0 win against Real Sociedad, with goalkeeper Alex Remiro pulling off two good saves to deny the forward.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford says he was always aware that he would be criticised by some for his campaign to end child food poverty.Rashford has been proclaimed as a national hero over the last 12 months for his work during the coronavirus pandemic in raising awareness of children going hungry and forcing the government to u-turn on their decision not to extend free school meals in the holidays.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United striker Marcus Rashford praised Kylian Mbappe after the Frenchman's sensational performance against Barcelona on Tuesday. The Frenchman, starting on the left flank for Paris Saint-Germain, hit a hat-trick in a 4-1 win, and was widely praised for his display.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United forward Marcus Rashford has posted an emotional message to Ravel Morrison after his fellow Old Trafford graduate shared several eye-catching revelations about his football career. Morrison, who remains a free agent after bringing his short spell at Dutch Eredivisie side Den Haag to a premature end last month, was the latest guest on Rio Ferdinand's Vibe with Five podcast.

straight to your inbox every day for freeWhen Marcus Rashford was asked to move from the right of the Manchester United attack to the left at The Hawthorns on Sunday it was a trudge across the pitch he has become used to.In three of his last six games for United Rashford has occupied both wing positions in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's three-pronged attack at one stage or another.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford says his time working under Jose Mourinho at Manchester United helped him become a better player - and a better person.Rashford came through the youth ranks at United and burst onto the first-team scene during Louis van Gaal's tenure at Old Trafford. The striker continued his development with Mourinho, who spent a turbulent two-and-a-half years as United boss between 2016 and 2018.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMarcus Rashford is the most difficult Manchester United player to play against in training, according to Teden Mengi. Mengi is currently on loan with Derby County for the remainder of the 2020/21 season after being recruited by Wayne Rooney for the club’s battle against relegation from the Championship.

straight to your inbox every day for freeMason Greenwood was substituted in the second-half against West Ham because Manchester United are managing his game-time.Greenwood, 19, has started in six of United's last seven matches but was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 86th minute, much to the surprise of many observers who felt he had performed better than fellow forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.Martial was starting for the first time in four games but failed to score while

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United cannot rely on Marcus Rashford to score 20 or more goals a season. That's the view of United legend Andy Cole, who believes the England international needs to take a leaf out of Edinson Cavani's book when it comes to being ruthless in front of goal.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer urged his Manchester United side to go out and score more goals in the second-half during their 9-0 thrashing of Southampton in the Premier League.United were ruthless on Tuesday night and found themselves 4-0 up at half-time as they ripped Ralph Hasenhuttl's side apart.Goals from Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani and an own-goal from Jan Bednarek moved United into a comfortable lead as they took full advantage of

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's 9-0 win over Southampton was not short of talking points. From Alexandre Jankewitz's horror tackle on Scott McTominay and red card in the second minute of the game, to the way United ruthlessly took an injury-hit Southampton side apart, it was an action-packed contest at Old Trafford.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's game against Southampton got off to a heated start as Alexandre Jankewitz was sent off just over 70 seconds into the match due to a horror tackle on Scott McTominay.The Southampton youngster was making just his second senior appearance when he flew into a tackle on McTominay in the middle of the pitch, going over the ball and catching the United midfielder on his thigh.Referee Mike Dean immediately brandished a red card for the

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's Marcus Rashford has become the latest player to be targeted by online abuse.He received the abuse following United's 0-0 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday evening.Rashford reacted last night, but chose not to share screenshots of the offensive messages he had been sent post-match - reportedly racist abuse sent to him on Instagram - as "it would be irresponsible to do so".

straight to your inbox every day for freeJamie Carragher believes Paul Pogba's impressive performances off the left flank for Manchester United have caused a problem for Marcus Rashford.Pogba has been in fine form for United over the past couple of months and started on the wing for big games against Liverpool and Arsenal of late, allowing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to still play two holding midfielders behind Bruno Fernandes.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer urged Marcus Rashford to get on the front foot against Gabriel Martinelli during the first half of Manchester United's game against Arsenal.Rashford was named on the right wing for the Premier League clash, facing the left-hand duo of Martinelli and Cedric Soares.When Cedric was booked early on, Solskjaer was heard urging Rashford to attack on the wing and take his man on."Marcus, he cannot defend," Solskjaer said, according to