'Rashford 2 Boris 0' graffiti site set to be redeveloped into flats

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The site of a demolished pub in Openshaw – infamously bearing the graffiti ‘RASHFORD 2, BORIS 0’ – might finally be set for development after sitting vacant for five years.

The words were daubed on a hoarding in 2021, when then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson had just got off the phone with Marcus Rashford, promising to improve the food parcels that families entitled to free school meals were receiving.

It was actually the third time the Manchester United forward had prompted a change of course from the government - so the graffiti was technically out of date.

The site it adorned has sat untouched since then, with the graffiti covered up by posters. But if planning documents verified by Manchester City Council are to come to fruition, this unloved corner of east Manchester could soon be getting a makeover.  READ NEXT:  Jay Slater's friends Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves quit Tenerife search and fly home to UK Proposals by Sterling Investment Projects for 25 new apartments and six retail units on the site were designed more than three years ago, and submitted to the council in July 2022.