Manchester United fans would have been forgiven for questioning whether they would get the old Marcus Rashford back after a turgid and sluggish 2021/22 season.
The home-grown star, a national hero for his work off the pitch, was no longer putting up the numbers on it. A longstanding shoulder injury didn’t help, but even after recovering from surgery performed in the summer of 2021, the spark that had previously made him special was gone.
This was a player who scored more than 20 goals in successive campaigns between 2019 and 2021, but netted only five times last season. That was the lowest…
