Coaches see his talent, but does he believe in his potential to become the best on the football field?
Thomas Tuchel revealed to the media that he has been having private conversations with Marcus Rashford, warning him that he needs to put his act together, score more, and create more chances or else he will regret not using this opportunity when he is much older.
Since moving to Barcelona on a one-year loan move with an option to make the deal permanent, the 27-year-old has found the net three times with four assists, and his made 10 appearances for the Spanish club.
His outstanding performance on a loan deal to Aston Villa of the remainder of the 2024-2025 season and the current team his playing for earned him a spot in England.
“He can be one of the best in the world because the finishing and the quality I see in training, with both legs and his head, he is explosive, he is fast, he is strong in the air, so for him there are no limits.
“But the numbers don’t reach the potential. He needs to push himself with goal involvements. He knows that from me.
“I think he still has to make these decisions. He is still young enough to make these decisions, because otherwise he might be disappointed in 10 years with what he could have been and what he may have done.
“That is the headline for him, to keep pushing himself to the limit. And the limit for him is very, very high, maybe higher than it is for others.
“He has this potential. But potential is a dangerous word with high-level sports, because you have to reach your personal best on a regular basis – that is demanded on this kind of level and that is the challenge for him. It is not a question of talent.
“It is a question of whether he can prove the point at club and international level; this is his task. If he starts fast or if he comes off the bench, he has to constantly prove himself.”
England take on Latvia on October 14, 2025, and the England football player might get a chance to showcase his talent and do what he does the most, which is finding the net and scoring.
“I can feel him, and I felt in my first camp, I can help him if he feels my support for him because he was at Aston Villa at the time, which I thought was quite a bold move at the time, to go into a team that was well settled and played a hard-working style.
“That was a very good move for him, he settled in very quickly. I liked his work rate against the ball, and still he had not as many goals and goal involvements as he could have, for the quality we see in training.”
