Four Manchester United players backed to improve after nightmare seasons

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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has challenged Marcus Rashford to prove himself after a dismal 2023-24 season. Rashford, 26, scraped only four goals last term and was disciplined twice by Ten Hag for off-pitch indiscretions, while friction developed between the academy graduate and the United matchgoers.

Ineos's decision to keep Ten Hag as manager has fuelled uncertainty over Rashford's future only a year after he signed a five-year contract but there has been little movement over a potential transfer.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has joined the United coaching staff and Rashford was urged to "be more like Van Nistelrooy" by former academy coach Paul McGuinness before he made his debut in February 2016.

Ten Hag has stressed Van Nistelrooy is more than a striker's coach at United. "That is the reason why he is here, not only for the strikers, he is much more than this.