I enjoy scoring goals, I enjoy making assists, playing in the forward areas and trying to cause a threat to the other team. I think that gives you the baseline to try and showcase your abilities. The 25-year-old said Ten Hag had given him the freedom and stability that had been lacking previously under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, who often had him playing in multiple positions, and credits the Dutchman with restoring his happiness.Īsked what changed for him last season, Rashford said: “Just a little bit more freedom I felt, a little bit more stability. Rashford struggled for form and fitness during the 18 months before Ten Hag’s appointment and had also suffered appalling abuse in the wake of his penalty shoot-out miss in England’s European Championship final defeat to Italy two years ago.

Everything is going to happen for a reason and he came to the club at the right time for me. Rashford looked totally revitalised under Ten Hag and was rewarded for his dramatic return to form with a new five-year contract a fortnight ago.īut Rashford says he had been considering his future at Old Trafford before Ten Hag’s arrival in May last year amid interest from Paris St-Germain and unhappiness at how things were unfolding at United.Īsked if there was ever a point when he thought he might leave, Rashford said: “Before the manager came maybe a little bit, but it’s football, it happens.

The England striker bounced back from the darkest period of his career to score 30 goals for United last season and impress for his country at the World Cup finals in Qatar. Marcus Rashford has admitted he could have left Manchester United before Erik ten Hag came in and resuscitated his career.

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