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.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Premier League abuse study shows eight of 10 most targeted online are Man Utd players
dailystar.co.ukManchester United stars receive more online abuse than players from any other Premier League side.Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire are statistically the most abused players in the country, with Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes not far behind, according to a report by Ofcom and the Alan Turing Institute, which looked into social media activity during the first five months of the 2021/22 season.Tottenham's Harry Kane and Manchester City's Jack Grealish are the only two non-United stars to make the top 10 - with David De Gea, Paul Pogba, Fred and Jesse Lingard completing the list.READ MORE: Man Utd captain Harry Maguire loudly booed every time he touches ball in pre-season friendlyBetween August 13, 2021 and January 24, 2022, a whopping 12,520 abusive tweets were aimed at Ronaldo, while 8,954 were directed at Maguire - who was roundly booed every time he touched the ball during a pre-season friendly in Australia last month.Rashford, Fernandes and Kane, meanwhile, all received over 2,000 abusive messages online over the same period.Kevin Bakhurst, Ofcom's group director for broadcasting and online content, said: "These findings shed light on a dark side to the beautiful game.
Online abuse has no place in sport, nor in wider society, and tackling it requires a team effort.Should more be done to stop footballers getting abused online?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below."Social media firms needn't wait for new laws to make their sites and apps safer for users.
When we become the regulator for online safety, tech companies will have to be really open about the steps they're taking to protect users.
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