{"id":1105583,"date":"2019-09-09T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1105583"},"modified":"2019-09-09T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:56:50","slug":"southgate-not-certain-long-term-role-man-utd-rashford-england","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/southgate-not-certain-long-term-role-man-utd-rashford-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Southgate “not certain” on long-term role for Man Utd striker Rashford"},"content":{"rendered":"

England manager Gareth Southgate has admitted he’s “still not certain” on which role best suits Marcus Rashford.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 21-year-old has mainly been deployed as a centre-forward for Manchester United this season but has often been utilised as a winger for club and country in the past.<\/p>\n

Where is Rashford most effective? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Rashford has lined up as a winger and centre-forward for Man Utd and England.<\/li>\n
  • This season, he has been deployed through the middle by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.<\/li>\n
  • Rashford has scored twice and provided an assist for the Red Devils this season.<\/li>\n
  • But Southgate has admitted he’s still unsure on where to play Rashford.<\/li>\n
  • The 21-year-old has scored seven goals in 33 caps for England to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Rashford lined up on the left of a front three alongside Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling during England’s 4-0 win over Bulgaria on Saturday \u2013 a front three Southgate believes is as strong as any in international football right now.<\/p>\n

    But that hasn’t stopped the Three Lions boss pondering over what to do with Rashford, although he does have some words of wisdom for the youngster.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAlthough we have, for a long time, almost wanted Marcus to be that option as a [No] 9, I\u2019m still not certain that that is where he is happiest and where he does his best work,\u201d Southgate said. \u201cA lot of his development at United was as a wide raider and he isn\u2019t as strong as Harry with his back to goal and holding play up.<\/p>\n

    \u201cA lot of his best work is in that inside-left channel, coming in off the line, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a problem. I just think we have to be aware that\u2019s probably his profile and to get the best out of him they are the areas of the pitch that we need to get him into regularly.<\/p>\n