THEY do the right thing at Manchester United.
Nobody gets big-headed, nobody is allowed to get carried away with little bit of success. That is the way they bring them through and Marcus Rashford is no exception.
The England flyer is man of the moment again after setting up Eric Dier’s clever equaliser against Slovakia and then scoring a cracking Wembley winner.
Today, when Rashford, 19, returns to Old Trafford to prepare for Stoke City at the weekend, it will be Jose Mourinho’s job to shield him from the hysteria.
United bring their players up a certain way, with a steady stream reporting for Englandduty over the years showing manners and respect.
They are grounded boys, stretching back to the days of Becks, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, brother Phil, and Rio Ferdinand.
Gareth Southgate is tapping into that culture as he shapes the international career of one of English football’s brightest talents. England’s head coach said: “United prepare their players well, which is why they end up the way they do.
“You know the kind of player they are going to be before they even walk through the door because they are brought up to play in front of 70,000 people every week.
“We’ve had Marcus, Jesse Lingard and Michael Keane, so there is a certain type of player they develop. They are given good values.” Rashford is a good kid, committed to becoming a first-team regular for club and country.
His impact on Monday, when he came on for Raheem Sterling for an important World Cup qualifier, was instant.
He has come through the system, moving quickly through junior teams to establish himself as a full international under Roy Hodgson.
England have had two more managers since then, although Rashford was overlooked for Sam Allardyce’s one and only squad.
He will be a mainstay under Southgate who added: “What’s nice is the pathway because it is all joined up.
"We used to speak with Ryan Giggs when he was United’s assistant manager about which team to put him in because we didn’t want to put him in the Under-21s too early.
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