Marcus Rashford explains how Man Utd helped his mum by signing him one year early

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Marcus Rashford has explained how Man Utd helped his mother out by allowing him onto their youth programme a year early. The striker joined up with the United academy at 11-years-old, despite the programme being for players aged 12 and above.

Rashford was one of five children in his immediate family, and he opened up on the tough circumstances that pushed his mother, Melanie, to request he be taken on before his 12th birthday.

Speaking to the BBC, Rashford said: "My mum was a single parent, she had five kids all living in the same house. The programme that I started at 11 years old, you're supposed to start it at 12 years old. "It basically gives you accommodation closer to the training facilities and a new school and she worked that