Gary Neville trolls Michael Carragher over earlier comments on Marcus Rashford leaving Manchester United

Manchester United player turned Pundit Gary Neville takes aim at Jamie Carragher for his previous comments on Rashford

Gary Neville trolls Michael Carragher over earlier comments on Marcus Rashford leaving Manchester United

The banter between Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville has again taken the limelight after the latter reminded the world about the former center-back’s opinion on Manchester United frontman Marcus Rashford on Sunday. Carragher had said that Rashford should move away from the club in order to develop into a better player. 

After the 25-year-old striker scored a brace against Leicester City on Sunday, Gary Neville took it upon himself to remind the viewers of SkySports that the former Liverpool center-back was wrong in his conviction. 

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“There’s a pundit called Jamie Carragher who once said on Monday Night Football that he thought Marcus Rashford should leave Manchester United to further his career,” Neville said during his airtime on Sky Sports. “I disagreed with him at the time, I don’t always get them right by the way I just thought that when he gets them wrong I might as well promote it.”

During the previous season, Carragher, along with some other pundits on live television criticised the winger for his lack of productivity. Carragher tore into the youngster during a session of The Overlap, and questioned his quality. He said, “He’s just not quite good enough for Manchester United, Marcus Rashford. That’s all it is. That’s it, he’s not quite good enough for Manchester United. He’s Tottenham or Arsenal.”

Marcus Rashford Stats This Season

Marcus Rashford’s iconic celebration. (credits: Twitter)

Marcus Rashford has undoubtedly turned his game around this season and has been firing in all cylinders. He is third in the Premier League scoring charts behind Erling Haaland and Harry Kane with 14 goals. With the brace against Leicester, he has outscored his previous highest-scoring season. He has scored 24 goals this season in total, of which 16 have come since the World Cup which is more than any other player in the world. 

Even statistically, he is having a monstrous season. This season, he has 14 goals in the PL with a goal every 140 minutes which is a massive improvement against last season’s four goals in 25 games. He has also massively improved on all his performance metrics this season. He is also overperforming his 9.7 xG, a massive sign of development. He has had almost doubled the number of dribbles that led to shots (10) this season which shows that he is playing with more attacking intent. 

Rashford has benefited from the departure of Ronaldo, according to reports. It can be seen as he has flourished with the service from Bruno Fernandes and co from the midfield. Manager Eric Ten Hag also plays a very attacking system where the forwards often show fluidity on the ball creating space for each other and Rashford has taken full advantage of that.