Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Manchester United legend Gary Neville has stated that the club can never play without academy players in their first-team squad, identifying the importance of the value.
Neville was part of the famed Class of 92 that rose through the ranks at Old Trafford, featuring the likes of Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Phil Neville.
Since then, those values have been stuck by and the current United squad boasts the likes of Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay as those who have learnt their trade at the club.
As such, Neville believes this value should always be maintained and there should never be a first-team squad that does not include an academy player. “Manchester United can never not play without academy players in its first team
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