Marcus Rashford must listen to Jose Mourinho advice to save Manchester United career

One of the greatest travesties for Manchester United this summer would be for Marcus Rashford to leave the club.

It only feels like yesterday that a fresh-faced teenager stunned Europe with two goals against FC Midtjylland to announce himself on the big stage. The youngster had the world at his feet and looked like he would be the next in a long line of academy success stories.

For the most part, this prophecy has come true — under certain managers. With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the wheel, the Wythenshawe-born forward enjoyed fruitful spells and played some of the best football of his short career so far. However, under Jose Mourinho and most recently Ralf Rangnick, he has stalled.

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Manchester Evening News understands that Rashford was left considering his future at Old Trafford having played only a cameo role in the 4-1 defeat to Man City at the weekend. Surely it cannot possibly end like this?

From Louis Van Gaal to Rangnick, Rashford been asked to play in different styles at United in the past few years. Sometimes he achieved this, like his time with Solskjaer, but the 24-year-old's inability to adapt to Mourinho saw his form suffer.

Ironically, Rashford should now listen to Mourinho if he is to rediscover his form in a red shirt. Speaking to Sky Sports in February last year, the striker discussed what life was like in the presence of 'the Special One'.

Rashford explained: "There are loads of different aspects – but my time under Jose was a massive learning period for me and I feel like I understood football in a different way to what I understood football before that. I learned to win in different ways.

"It was a tough