Two England National Team Legends Have The Same View Of Marcus Rashford: Can't Be Like Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie Or Rooney

Manchester United player, Marcus Rashford. (Photo: Twitter/@ManUTD)

JAKARTA - Manchester United player, Marcus Rashford, has shown his sharpness after returning from the 2022 World Cup. He has scored two goals in two games after serving in Qatar with the England national team.

Most recently, he broke into thewang Forest goal in the English Premier League, Wednesday, December 28 in the early hours of Indonesian Western Time (WIB). The 25-year-old now has 10 goals in 21 games this season.

However, Rashford is considered to still have shortcomings. The British national team legend, Alan Shearer, assessed that the talented young Manchester United player "does not have killer instincts".

Shearer urged Erik ten Hag not to put Rashford at the forefront. He considered that the versatile striker was better off playing wider.

"I think Marcus enjoys it more, he looks better in (on the left) position as we saw tonight," Shearer told Amazon Prime.

"He was given a little freedom. When he got all the space to run from the outside, he was a better player and he was very, very good at doing that."

"When he was a center forward, he had no killing instincts, a natural ability to think. But no one doubts his abilities - he is a fantastic player."

The same thing was conveyed by another former England national team player, Michael Owen. According to him, Rashford will not be able to become Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, a row of No.9-typical strikers at Manchester United.

"I feel Rashford is better on the left, he will make a decent goal contribution every year," said Owen.

"But he's not going to be Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney who has scored more than 30 goals in one season. Obviously he's a huge asset for this football club, giving them something different, giving them speed, giving them a statement," he continued.