Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
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OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER believes the race between Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial to end the season as Manchester United’s top goalscorer can only be good for business.
Solskjaer insists the contest between his two main marksmen to claim Old Trafford’s ‘Golden Boot’ will never be allowed to damage United’s quest for success.
Martial has scored 23 goals in all competitions so far this season, while strike partner Rashford has 22.
And as United head out to Germany for the Europa League last-16 tournament, Solskjaer said: “There’s no ‘battle’ between them.
“You can see how Anthony and Marcus play together and they are always willing to give each other the gift or present of an open goal. They always look to assist each other.
“For me, there can never be a battle between players within a team. We all have one common cause – to win.
“If I ever sense players playing for themselves, their own accolades and personal awards, I won’t have them in the team.
“It’s as straight, simple and as plain as that. I don’t want egos. I don’t want players thinking about themselves before the team.
“It can’t be about one player thinking he is going to score more than someone else. No.
“If you win as a team it doesn’t matter if you have scored 30, 25 or 15 goals. It only matters that you have contributed.”
Solskjaer was a master marksman himself for United, scoring 126 goals in an 11-year period which brought six
Premier League titles, the Champions
League and two
FA Cups.
He shared the
Old Trafford dressing room with many lethal finishers including Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Wayne
Rooney and Cristiano