Marcus Rashford’s remarkable form continued with a thumping brace as Manchester United survived a sloppy start to comfortably beat Leicester in the Premier League following a build-up dominated by takeover talk.
Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS company confirmed they had submitted bids to buy the club from the Glazer family in the lead up to Sunday’s Premier League match.
Erik ten Hag said his team were not distracted by that but looked leggy after Thursday’s Europa League draw at Barcelona, riding their luck against Leicester before Jadon Sancho complemented Rashford’s double in a 3-0 win.
The 25-year-old has scored 16 goals in 17 matches since the World Cup to take his tally to 24, breaking his previous single-season scoring record of 22 for his boyhood club before February was out.