Marcus Rashford believes that Manchester United is “capable of winning trophies” again.
United have won just 3 prizes in the primaries since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013: the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Europa League, the leadership of former coaches Louis van Gaal and José Mourinho.
The latest of the triumphs dates back to 2017 and current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer guided United to the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League semi-finals last season, as well as to a third position in the Premier League, the club hopes by the continuous cutlery.
However, despite an inconsistent start to the crusade, adding a disappointing departure from the organization level of the Champions League, United are now undefeated in six Premier League appearances and may close the gap over leader Liverpool to two. questions if they win. your matches in hand.
Their next game will see them rekindle their rivalry with Leeds United at Old Trafford on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, and Rashford believes Solskjaer’s look is now starting to show symptoms that they will soon compete for the primary trophies once they are over. .
“The team we have now is capable of winning great trophies,” Rashford told the UTD podcast.
“I feel like we are close, but we are not there. We just have to do our best to be a team that can win trophies and fight for everything.
“In the big games we face others with any team and we know we can do it. We are confident on the pitch that we can beat them, be it Liverpool, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain. big teams, we show that we can face each other and give them a game. The players know it, the coach knows it.
“We are so much like that when you win trophies. But for me, the faster we get there the better. There is nothing greater than winning the Premier League or the Champions League, that’s what the dream is. “
“The fact that they took us out of the Champions League hurts a lot. But we can’t replace him now. It happened and the only way to respond is to win the next game. “
Rashford is Manchester United’s wiser scorer this season with 12 goals in all competitions. Since his debut in February 2016, he has discovered the network 79 times in 234 appearances.
The 23-year-old credits the club’s academy formula for its meteoric performance and praised his former coaches for helping him reach the first team.
“I’m going back to the beginning here, but Eamon Mulvey, Tony Whelan, Dave Bushell – without those guys I would never have made it, it’s just impossible,” Rashford said.
“There were times when I lost my education because my mother had worked behind schedule and my brothers were working, my sisters had small children and there was simply no way to survive.
“I don’t forget to skip practice a few times and I used to sit at home crying. She used to prevent before she (her mother) was given a house. She was coming home at the same time. and she left me crying in the front room, and that’s where I told her and she was the one who told United, ‘we’re going to want some kind of help,’ so that I can make it happen.
“They are the ones who had drivers for me. They allowed me to train. When he was a kid, that was all he wanted. He is 8 or 9 years old.
“So [without that support] I’ve even gotten to the scene of moving to excavations and stuff. I have been there. I would have done anything else.
“United says when you grow up, ‘Express yourself on the field. ‘ They are the ones who taught me that. I think that is why we have so many young people because, without knowing it, they are fit to play. That’s United and the credit of the system. “
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