Hodgson opens Euro door for Rashford
Roy Hodgson has opened the door for Manchester United wonderkid Marcus Rashford to sensationally gatecrash England’s Euro 2016 squad.
|||Roy Hodgson has opened the door for Manchester United wonderkid Marcus Rashford to sensationally gatecrash England’s Euro 2016 squad.
Rashford, 18, has burst on to the scene over the past fortnight, scoring four goals in his first two senior games. And Hodgson has refused to rule out selecting him for this summer’s European Championship in France.
The England boss said: ‘I have been watching Rashford for two years, so I have known about him for a long time. I would neither rule him in nor rule him out.’
Hodgson, though, has moved to alleviate the hype surrounding Rashford.
‘I hope he is allowed to develop as an 18-year-old should and people don’t try to put him under enormous pressure,’ Hodgson said at a Euro 2016 coaches’ briefing here in Paris.
‘My hope for Rashford, and it is a vain hope, is that he will be allowed to develop in peace and it won’t suddenly be a question of, “you have scored two goals for Man United and you’re going to be the next Cristiano Ronaldo” or every time he has two or three bad games he is a flash in the pan.
‘Let’s hope the lad gets a chance to develop in the same way as Raheem Sterling, Ross Barkley, Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Paul Scholes.’ – Daily Mail