Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
The PFA has angrily hit out at Twitter and Facebook for claiming footballers should simply block racists. It comes after Marcus Rashford joined Manchester United team-mates Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial along with West Brom’s Romaine Sawyers and Chelsea ’s Reece James in being racially abused online.
The Professional Footballers’ Association accused the social media companies of betraying the players it indicated it was ready to protect in meetings last year.
A strongly-worded PFA statement read: “During our initial meetings with the social networks, they advised us that players could block content that they find offensive. “We do not believe the onus should be on an individual to manage the racism they receive. “With the scale of
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