Marcus Rashford named the most difficult Manchester United player to face in training

Marcus Rashford is essentially the most tough Manchester United participant to play towards in coaching, in line with Teden Mengi.

Mengi is at present on mortgage with Derby County for the rest of the 2020/21 season after being recruited by Wayne Rooney for the membership’s battle towards relegation from the Championship.

Nonetheless, the 18-year-old defender spent the primary half of the season coaching with Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s facet having been promoted from United’s under-23 facet.

After making his senior debut as a late substitute towards LASK in August the academy graduate was included in United’s squads for Carabao Cup wins over Luton City and Brighton.

Mengi has been part of loads United coaching periods below Solskjaer this season and the centre-back believes Rashford stands out in observe.

“It needs to be Rashy,” he instructed YouTube channel UMM when requested who was the hardest participant to face in coaching.

“He sees issues quicker, in reality, than you possibly can see it. His tempo, it’s mad. It’s robust to defend towards.”

Mengi got here by means of the United academy and has represented the membership proper the way in which by means of the age classes.

He has been on an analogous pathway to present United first group gamers and has a very shut relationship with striker Mason Greenwood.

“We went to the United faculty from yr 9, me and Mason, and that’s after we each began changing into tight, robust, actually good mates,” Mengi stated.

“He’s motivated me and I assist him on a regular basis that I can. It’s good to have Mason round me.”

Whereas his closest friendship is with Greenwood, Mengi has had different optimistic influences on him on the membership and he has particular reward for full-back Brandon Williams, who has damaged into the primary group below Solskjaer.

“I do know he’s not performed so much [this season],” he stated. “He’s a lad that simply will get his head down and does the enterprise when the enterprise must be accomplished.

“He received recognised for that, as a result of initially of final season me and him had been each enjoying within the under-23s and he was simply working onerous and onerous and he received his consequence out of it by going as much as the primary group.”

Manchester United beat West Ham 1-0 within the FA Cup, due to Scott McTominay’s extra-time winner.

United sealed a spot within the cup quarter-finals with victory over David Moyes’ facet at Previous Trafford, and now they journey to West Brom within the league on Sunday.

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Mengi is at present below the wing of Rooney, however former United participant Rio Ferdinand has additionally been a mentor throughout his profession.

“He’s actually inspirational for me as a result of clearly you recognize what he’s accomplished at United, in the identical place as me,” he added.

“He helps me to at the present time. He at all times texts me to see how I’m doing.”