A happy Rashford is a scoring Rashford, says Ten Hag

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag believes the upturn in Marcus Rashford's form is linked to his personal happiness and says the club remain in control of his future.

The 24-year-old scored twice against Arsenal on Sunday to add to the goal he got in the victory over Liverpool late last month and looks a rejuvenated player from the one who has struggled for the last couple of seasons.

Many observers felt the forward needed to leave the club in order to get out of his rut – he was linked with Paris St Germain in August – but his decision to stay appears to have been vindicated.

His contract runs to next summer, but United retain the option of another year and, when Ten Hag was asked whether the club were talking to him about that, he said: "Definitely.

"I don’t think he’s out of contract (next summer). I think United control the situation.

"I see a happy Marcus Rashford and I see some phases in his game which we could improve and we worked really hard the last two-and-a-half months with him on different aspects.

"It started with happiness – he comes in every day, he enjoys it, he is really smiling, with a really positive vibe.

"If you put all those things together, like the way of play and you want to transfer different aspects of your game and are happy you will have more contribution to the team, the performance and the result – and of course to your development."

Ten Hag is confident new signing Antony will get better as he adapts to life at the club after the Brazil international hit the ground running by scoring in the 3-1 Premier League win over Arsenal last weekend.

Antony scored on his debut just days after joining the side from Ajax Amsterdam and Ten Hag said he was not surprised with the 22-year-old's immediate