Erik ten Hag has revealed that he has confidence in Marcus Rashford and believes he can repeat his goalscoring form from the past two seasons.
United are currently on their pre-season tour of America, Rashford is part of the tournament, and will face Arsenal on Saturday.
The Red Devils have already played two friendly games before the start of the season against the Norwegian team, Rosenborg, which they lost and Rangers won 2-0.
Hag supports Rashford
United have strengthened their forwards with the signing of striker Joshua Zirkzee, and there is a good chance they will strengthen their attacking ranks before the end of the window.
The Old Trafford side have plenty of options in attack, and youngster Amad Diallo could be set for a prominent role this coming season, while Jadon Sancho looks set to be included in the first team despite potentially leaving the club.
One player United will be counting on more next season is Rashford, who endured the worst season of his career in the 2023/2024 campaign as he scored just eight goals in 30 appearances in all competitions, resulting in him missing out. England squad for Euro 2024.
That was a solid deal for the 2022/2023 campaign when the 26-year-old scored 30 goals in all competitions and was awarded a lucrative new contract.
Ahead of Arsenal’s game in Los Angeles Ten Hag backed Rashford to repeat his goalscoring form from two years ago.
“Rashford can improve himself,” said Ten Hag.
“He’s talented, he’s scored a lot of goals, and he’s still very young, so he knows it.
“I am confident and I believe 100% that he can do the same as he did two years ago.”
Rashford clearly has the ability and it is now up to the Englishman to work hard to get back to his best form, and if he can get close to that he could be a key player for United as they look to improve on last season’s eighth place finish. .
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