Erik ten Hag handed Marcus Rashford his next assignment not long after he became the first Manchester United player in a decade to record 30 goals in a single season.
The Dutchman, speaking in front of a room full of journalists after his United team clinched a top-four finish with a magnificent 4-1 win against Chelsea at Old Trafford, threw down the gauntlet to Rashford, challenging him to score 40 goals in a single season."His game has a lot of room for improvement," Ten Hag stated. "I am confident he can score even more points." Take, for example, his last 10 games, in which he did not score many goals. I believe he just has two or three, so he can improve.
"I am pleased that he has recovered from what he did last season." We helped him in whatever way we could, not only with the way we played, but also with his emotional state.
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"We're pleased, but we need to push him harder."
So there's no need to worry. Rashford's comeback in 2022/23 was nothing short of miraculous. Ten Hag's career was revitalised in such a way that you could have mistaken him for a magician arriving at Old Trafford with a magic wand.
Rashford had scored just five goals in a disappointing 2021/22 season, raising serious doubts about his future at the club. Ten Hag, on the other hand, quickly crushed speculation of a possible exit, emphasising that he was an important element of his ambition to make United great again.
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A number of European clubs, notably Manchester United, are interested in signing the promising kid.
Several teams have been linked with a deal for the Black Stars attacker since last summer.
Despite injury setbacks last season and the season before, his stock remains high, and teams rate him as a top player.
While Mohammed Kudus is anticipated to depart Ajax this summer, reports claim no team has yet to make an official bid to the Dutch Eredivisie giants.
Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, Borussia Dortmund, and Manchester United are among the many clubs who could make a bid.
According to reports in the Netherlands, Ajax is hoping to earn between $60 and $80 million.
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