Robin van Persie, Paul Scholes praise 'unique talent' Marcus Rashford after scoring run for Manchester United

Robin van Persie has praised Marcus Rashford as a “unique talent” who can now «do the job» against any opponent. Rashford is enjoying the best season of his career with 24 goals in all competitions for Manchester United.

Ad He has been especially prolific since the restart after the World Cup, scoring 16 times, four more than the next highest scorer in Europe’s top-five leagues, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema. Europa League'You do it or you're out' — Fernandes reveals how Ten Hag laid down law to Rashford and Ronaldo9 HOURS AGO “Rashford is a unique talent,” said former Manchester United and Arsenal forward Van Persie on BT Sport.

“You could see that in the Premier League at an early age. He is now at a stage where it doesn’t matter who he is playing, if it’s Barcelona, or in England, or a cup game, he can trust his own qualities.

“He is physically very strong, mentally he is very confident, that is connected as well to [manager] Erik ten Hag because he gives him the confidence and the stage, so for him it’s just a matter of being fit, enjoy the game, it doesn’t matter against who, he will do the job.” Rashford burst onto the scene in 2016 when he became United's youngest-ever scorer in European competition. But his level dropped at times over the last two seasons and former United midfielder Paul Scholes says he deserves credit for bouncing back so impressively.

Scholes said: “Marcus took a lot of criticism for a couple of years before this year where he has found his form, and he was getting that criticism because everybody knew how good he was and the potential he has. Di Maria scores hat-trick to fire Juventus past Nantes Saka agrees new Arsenal deal in principle — reports “He is now starting to show that and all credit