Marcus Rashford

Mark Gaynor, his former coach at Fletcher Moss Rangers

What struck me most about Marcus was that he was just so natural with the football. He would do Maradona turns, Ronaldo step-overs, Cruyff turns, I didn’t have to teach him, whereas the rest of the team I really had to work hard with.

The first time I realised he was very special was when we went to The Cliff (Manchester United’s old academy base and training ground) and the first day he was there he was tearing all the other academy players to pieces.

I turned to his mum and said: “Mel, you’ve got a footballer on your hands here.” She laughed at me. I said: “Mel, I’ve played football all my life, I played with Nicky Butt – I knew he was going to make it as a footballer and it’s the same with Marcus.”