Andy Cole’s assessment of Marcus Rashford

DBasia.news –  Marcus Rashford assessed by Manchester United legend, Andy Cole, as not a central attacker and is better placed as a left-wing striker.

“Marcus Rashford was never fit to be a center forward,” Cole said at Soccerway.

“I don’t mean to be impolite, but Marcus struggles when he has to take the ball with his back towards the goal. He’s unable to play like that. “

Marcus Rashford broke into United’s first team in 2015. During the first few years, his position often changed. Sometimes he plays as a winger and sometimes a central attacker.

This season, United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, preferred to play him as a left winger. The result, the 22-year player was sharper. He was able to contribute 19 goals and five assists in 31 matches in all competitions.

According to Cole, if wanting to achieve the best potential, then Rashford should focus as a left winger at United.

“On the wing, you don’t have to play with your back against the goal. When Marcus plays from the left, you can see that he is shining and he enjoys that position. Coming from the left, he opened fire or played one-two touches with the center forward, I think he did well in that position, “Cole added.

United themselves are now in 9^th place of the Premier League standings. Red Devils are six points behind Chelsea who are in fourth position (the Champions League deadline).