MARCUS RASHFORD is not world class despite his sensational form, according to pundit Simon Jordan.
The Manchester United star scored against Barcelona on Thursday to take his tally to 14 goals in his last 16 games.
He has been unplayable since the World Cup and now has 22 goals in all competitions, needing just one more to break his previous season’s best.
But Jordan believes Rashford is not world class, just experiencing a rich vein of form.
Jordan told talkSPORT: “Rashford is in a ridiculous vein of form.
“What I’ve always pushed back against is the characterisation that he is a world class player and he’s in an elite position.
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“You can see in a player that their confidence is brimming, but confidence and moments in time are one thing. A body of work and a constant level of containment puts you above everybody else.
“That’s the usage of the word ‘world class’ – we throw it around like confetti. There are very few world class players, you can name them on two hands.
“At this moment in time, while Marcus Rashford’s form is extraordinarily good, I think it’s a bit silly to call him world class. At this moment he’s on top of his game, that’s a fair enough assessment.”
Barcelona even had a plan of action to stop Rashford which involved Ronald Aruajo marking him out of the game, yet they could not stop him.
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The England star rifled home a shot at the near post before setting up United’s second goal moments later after brilliantly dribbling past Raphinha.
Rashford’s form coincided with Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure and Garth Crooks believes it is because he does not have to play second fiddle to the Portuguese.
Crooks said: ” I think it’s very telling that Manchester United’s results have continually improved since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and so has Rashford’s presence in the team.
“Rashford no longer has to play second fiddle to a player desperate to hang on to former glories, who has far more interest in himself than the team. The problem has been removed.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
