Rashford: I view myself as a street footballer

Matt Stead

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford says that he is “always getting that urge to go out and play football”.

Rashford has played an important role for United in his first full season as a first teamer.

The 19-year-old has scored ten goals this season after his remarkable breakthrough at Old Trafford last February.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph, he admits that his new-found fame makes playing football with his friends away from the game more difficult.

“It’s what you’ve always done,” he said. “You want to play football all the time. Why change? One hundred per cent I view myself as a street footballer.

“We used to play everywhere when I was a kid. Parking lots over the road, the number of times we got told to come off the school field when school wasn’t open.

I’d be throwing the ball up on to the roof, then turn around and wait for it to drop down. But we had to stop because the tiles kept falling off the roof

“If we could we’d still do all those same things, but it’s a bit more difficult now. We still go to a quiet field every now and then, though, but the opportunities are a little less.

“Even at home I’m always getting that urge to go out and play football. Playing with my brothers, in the garden, in the house, anywhere.”