Paul Scholes reflects on spending Man Utd reserve games just watching Marcus Rashford

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Paul Scholes has admitted that he kept a keen eye on Marcus Rashford’s performances as he came through the ranks at Manchester United ’s academy.

Rashford joined the Red Devils youth set-up in 2005, aged only seven, and burst onto the scene 11 years later under former boss Louis van Gaal.

Now aged 22, the England forward has already made over 200 appearances for the Old Trafford club, scoring 64 goals and providing 31 assists.

A United great in the making, Rashford has now been praised by a United great of the past, as club legend Scholes opened up about monitoring his progress as a youth player. “I always remember watching him, mainly in the reserve team, and he was an out and out centre-forward,” Scholes told the UTD Podcast. "Sometim