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      Erik ten Hag hails major change that’s transformed Marcus Rashford’s Man Utd fortunes and got him firing again

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      THE smile is back on the face of Marcus Rashford.For too long last season the Manchester United striker had stopped enjoying his football.Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag praised Marcus Rashford’s return to goalscoring formCredit: GettyRashford struggled last season under Ten Hag following a glittering campaignCredit: GettyHe looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders as his form slumped and even the Old Trafford crowd started to turn against him.In truth he had lost focus and started enjoying the lifestyle that comes with being a footballer rather than the game itself.But the emotions on his face as he shed tears in front of the Red Devils fans following their 2-1 FA Cup final victory over neighbours Manchester City told you that the club still meant everything to him.Now after a summer’s rest he is looking back to the man who chalked up career-best figures two seasons ago of 30 goals.Read More on Man UtdBoss Erik ten Hag never lost faith in the player, despite having his patience tested, because he knew the talent he still had. A talent that has been evident again in the last two games with a goal against Southampton and two in the 7-0 Carabao Cup thrashing of League One outfit Barnsley.Now as the club prepare for Saturday’s tea-time kick-off away to Crystal Palace, Ten Hag has praised Rashford, 26, for showing the strength of character to bounce back.The Dutchman said: “I think every player who plays in the Premier League, but definitely in this club, you need some resilience.Most read in Football“Not any football career is only the way up, you always go down. You have to deal with it.“Marcus has experienced it and knows when there are setbacks how to fight back, how to set his career, his performance.Chelsea boss Maresca aims cheeky dig at Erik ten Hag after Jadon Sancho makes dazzling debut after Man Utd transfer“He took control of it and I think he is on the way back. He started the season very good, now he has to continue and to progress.”There is no doubt that the arrival of United scoring legend Ruud van Nistelrooy, 48, on to the coaching staff has helped Rashford refocus.Ten Hag added: “Probably he needed some help, by backing him for instance.”Which is what the gaffer did through the tough times.Although there is little doubt that had it not been for an injury crisis at the club last term, Rashford would have been staring at a prolonged time on the sidelines after one particular misdemeanour.He had already been warned about his off-field behaviour when he celebrated his birthday on the evening after United had been stuffed 3-0 at home in the derby against City last October.Off-field issuesThen he was out partying until the early hours of a Friday in January when United were training ahead of an FA Cup game away to Newport.That is now in the past and Rashford appears to have a new focus, one which Ten Hag believes could lead to a recall to the England squad having missed out on the Euros.Ten Hag said: “I think he will always be an option for every manager but it is not up to me.”There was a lot of social media chatter about Rashford not really celebrating his goals against Barnsley, suggesting all is not well.Perhaps he is just keeping it under wraps while he builds his reputation again, and the opponent was a side being dominated where he was player-of-the-match.United boss Ten Hag was in an upbeat mood on Friday with a near fully fit squad to pick from for a change after the injury problems of last season, which he has always said led to their terrible eighth-place finish.Injury returnsBoth Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount returned to full training this week and are in consideration for Saturday’s squad.Striker Hojlund, 21, has been out with a hamstring injury suffered during pre-season in the US.Midfielder Mount, 25, had his first season with United decimated by injury after his move from Chelsea.Then after starting in the Community Shield loss to City and both the opening two Premier league games of the season he was subbed at half-time at Brighton after feeling his hamstring.After his £55million switch — rising to £60m — Mount is desperate to prove he is not another expensive mistake at Old Trafford and Ten Hag is sure he will prove himself.Ten Hag said: “We have already seen glimpses in the start of the season, what he is capable of.“What he needs is a longer period where he can train fully with the team and play with the team.READ MORE SUN STORIES“Then he can come up to speed and then everyone will see his qualities.“I am totally convinced, I have seen in the start of the season what he can bring to the team. I am sure once he is in a longer run he will really improve.”Rashford scored for Man Utd against Southampton and Barnsley More

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      I’m former Man Utd star who scored five goals in a match – but all I could think about was a £600 tip at Newmarket

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      IPSWICH legend Alan Brazil has opened up about the time he scored five goals in match – while being distracted by a horse racing tip.Brazil, who also played for Manchester United and Tottenham, shared the incredible story and spoke about the sad passing of Gary Shaw and his hopes for the Tractor Boys this season.Alan Brazil once scored five goals in a match for IpswichAlan Brazil has been working for talkSPORT for 25 yearsCredit: RexBrazil told SunSport…I HAD an unusual build up to this game — waiting to hear if I had won £600 on a hot tip I had been given for Newmarket.It was in the days when betting shops were a fog of cigarette smoke and I remember being desperate for the money so it was an agonising wait for the photograph and steward’s inquiry.Then, when I got to the dressing room I had a really good feeling that I was going to score a hat-trick. I even told team-mate Johnny Wark.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLIt was bizarre I should feel that way because we were up against a fantastic Southampton team who were top of the table with some class players in Kevin Keegan, Micky Channon and Alan Ball.And we were missing the key spine of our side in Paul Mariner, Frans Thijssen and Terry Butcher through injuries.Call it a sixth sense, but to then go out and score my first hat-trick in the opening 19 minutes was pretty incredible.In fact, I hit three in a five-minute spell between the 14th and 19th minute — with South African strike-partner Mich d’Avray assisting the first two and Kevin Steggles’ long ball sending me through for my treble.Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSIt was one of those games when everything I did just clicked.Mich — standing in for Mariner — laid the ball into my path for No 4 and Eric Gates made the fifth for me, both in the second half.Despite scoring five goals, I have two regrets from the game.Ipswich forced into series of stadium changes for Premier League including ref massage room and Wag-friendly VIP boxesOne is that I should have had SIX! Right at the end, I squared the ball to d’Avray when I’m confident I would have scored — and he blasted over.But most frustratingly, this was the only game my wife, Jill, missed that season.It was an evening kick-off and she was running late getting home from work. I told her it was going to be a tough game against top-of-the-table Southampton, so she stayed at home instead.Another funny footnote is that back then we only mainly played with one match ball and it had been kicked out of the ground during the second half.The local paper organised a campaign to try to find it and get it back to me and sure enough it was found about ten days later!I scored 28 goals for Ipswich that season, in all competitions, and I vividly remember four days after hitting these five goals I scored one of the best goals of my career in a 2-0 victory at Leeds.When you look at the league table, both ourselves and Liverpool were sixth and seventh but we had games in hand on all the teams above us.We went on a great run picking up 13 wins between this game and the end of the season, yet were still overtaken by Liverpool. They went unbeaten in their last 15, picking up 41 out of possible 45 points. They were an incredible side.It was the second successive season where we finished runners-up, having been just pipped to top spot by Aston Villa, a side in which Gary Shaw played such a huge part with 18 league goals.Gary Shaw passed away aged 63 earlier this weekCredit: RexI was devastated to have to talk about his passing this week at just 63 years of age. He was an outstanding goalscorer.It’s mad to think this game was over 42 years ago, but then I have been presenting at talkSPORT for 25 years.I was reliably informed the day after this five-goal haul, Saints’ manager Lawrie McMenemy got in touch with Scotland manager Jock Stein and told him that I should be part of his World Cup squad for the finals in Spain.As a result I was called up and was the youngest member of the squad. It remains one of my proudest moments to have kicked off Scotland’s finals campaign against New Zealand — a 5-2 victory in Malaga.Talking of pride, the wonderful story of Ipswich climbing from League One back to the Premier League this season is brilliant for my old club and its fans.The next greatest achievement for manager Kieran McKenna and the squad is to stay in the top flight. Anything 17th or above will feel like a trophy-winning campaign for me.READ MORE SUN STORIESI have such a huge affiliation to the club having started my career and spent seven unforgettable years at Portman Road.I still live between Ipswich and Colchester and to see the buzz in the area, with banners and the feel-good factor from McKenna and the club, has brought all the memories flooding back of our golden era.Brazil reckons Kieran McKenna can bring the glory days back to IpswichCredit: Getty More

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      Inside astonishing Man City match fixing scandal which saw entire squad auctioned off and manager banned for life

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      IF Manchester City beat Arsenal on Sunday, some might say the title race  is already pretty much over.And everyone will be able to focus on the really big battle of the season: Man City versus the Premier League.Manchester City’s entire squad was auctioned off and the manager banned for life after a match-fixing scandalCredit: PAMan City are currently having troubles with the Premier LeagueCredit: RexBut off-the-field sagas in English football are a tale as old as time and City were at the centre of one of the first big scandals.After Aston Villa beat them 3-2 in the final match of the 1904-05  season, ending City’s title chances, a fight broke out between Sandy Turnbull and Villa’s Alex Leake.An investigation found that another City player, Billy Meredith, had offered £10 to Leake for Villa to throw the game.The FA banned Meredith for a year and when City refused to pay him, he took revenge.Read More on FootballMeredith revealed to the authorities that boss Tom Maley not only had instructed him to offer Leake the bribe but had also overseen a separate scheme of giving illegal payments to City players in excess of the £4-per-week maximum wage.As further details emerged, the club imploded. Maley was banned for life, some club directors were sacked and others received suspensions.The FA fined the club £900 and 17 players, as well as banning them from playing until New Year’s Day 1907.City then had to auction off all their players at the Queen’s Hotel in Manchester.Most read in FootballNeighbours Manchester United signed many of the more talented ones, including Meredith, and went on to be crowned champions in 1907-08.All forgotten and in the past, right?How much every Premier League club earns in shirt sponsorsWrong. There’s a Stockholm-based United fan who has an X account under the name of @BillyMeredithMU.Last week he responded to reports that the Prem would seek for City to be relegated if they won the case against the club.Cyber Billy agreed, saying:  “Relegation and removal of titles is the only result that would satisfy.”Of course, the current incarnation of City is yet to be found guilty of anything.The independent disciplinary commission only started to hear the case on Monday and City may have won a fifth title in a row by the time the verdict arrives.In any case, City deny all the allegations and claim to have a “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” to back up this position.At least the authorities were able to sort things out quickly and cleanly back in 1905.READ MORE SUN STORIESBut there is no prospect of Kevin De Bruyne doing a Billy Meredith and grassing City up for anything.And if United had their pick of City players at an auction, you still would not back them to come out of it with a left-back. More

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      Shocking stats show why Man City vs Arsenal is one of the Premier League’s LEAST enjoyable fixtures

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      SO will the best two teams in the Premier League bore the pants off the nation again on Sunday, as they did TWICE last season?Mikel Arteta pulled off his best Jose Mourinho impersonation for a goalless draw at the Etihad in March.Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola clashes have often been snoozefestsCredit: RexWhen the top two go head-to-head, there has been too much fear of losingCredit: PAIt was the only time in almost three years Manchester City failed to score in a home league match.At the Emirates last October, only a freakish late deflected goal by Gabriel Martinelli saved us from another stalemate on a day Arteta recorded his first competitive win over his old mentor Pep Guardiola.These managers have such mutual respect that games resemble chess matches to purists and paint-drying exercises for more casual viewers.Of the 380 top-flight games played last season, the two between Arsenal and City were two of the least enjoyable.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLBoth games produced only three shots on target — two of only three fixtures to feature such little action.Can we expect anything different on Sunday? Especially after both teams had goalless draws against Italian opposition in midweek Champions League openers.And especially when Arsenal miss captain and chief creative force Martin Odegaard?The timing of it, five games into the new term, will surely make Arteta even more inclined to accept the idea of a draw as a good result.Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSStats from their clash in March paint a dull pictureWith Erling Haaland on 99 City goals — after nine in four league matches so far — and Footballer of the Year Phil Foden primed for a first start this season, Guardiola’s men would be hotly fancied against any other domestic rival.Yet Arsenal’s top-flight away form is extraordinary this calendar year.Man City vs Arsenal WagsSince losing at Fulham on New Year’s Eve, Arsenal have played 11 games on the road and that bore draw at the Etihad is the only one they failed to win.The only question is whether — had Arsenal shown greater ambition at City when in outstanding form in late March — they might have  secured a victory and first title in two decades.After all, City pipped them to the crown by just two points.Asked about Arsenal ‘parking the bus’ back then, City defender Josko Gvardiol replied: “I know what you mean but  I really don’t know how they will play.“We need to prepare in two or three ways just to be sure.”When questioned on Arsenal this week, Guardiola’s praise was all about their defensive qualities and ability to control matches.The City boss said: “It is an unbelievable team. They defend really well, don’t concede chances, don’t concede goals, they control everything.“They have been the biggest challengers in the last two seasons.They will be there for many years because they create a young team.”Inter Milan earned a goalless draw at City on Wednesday night.Simone Inzaghi’s side produced a decent blueprint for Arteta — albeit with a back three and wing-backs, a system Arsenal will not employ.Inter defended well, broke with pace and had 13 shots on goal, hinting at rarely-seen faults in Guardiola’s side.Might Arteta be able to produce something similar? Odegaard’s ankle injury doesn’t help.Yet Arsenal have City old-boys Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus among attacking options.READ MORE SUN STORIESBut the idea of Arsenal trying to slug it out, toe-to-toe, is probably wishful thinking.We should all be prepared for another clash of the tight ’uns. More

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      New Champions League format is tiring enough to follow let alone play in – it’s time to listen to the players

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      SUPPORTERS are bound to like more top-class football.But the players? Not so much.Karren Brady insists Uefa chiefs need to listen to the playersCredit: GettyThe new Champions League format has added even more fixturesCredit: EPAA number of them are so tired at the thought of an expanded football programme in Europe and to an extension of the Club World Cup next summer that they are threatening to strike.The people who pay to watch ask: Why?Premier League stars are millionaires and the demand for additional Continental matches means greater fame and bigger earnings.Players understand this reaction but as Aston Villa captain John McGinn pointed out after the win over Young Boys in a freshly minted Champions League: “At times, the mental side of things you need to switch off.Read More on Football“It is hard to churn them out when you are playing 70-plus games a season and then internationals. There’s not a lot of time to rest.”Uefa have added two extra fixtures — it could be four for some — to a competition which had been a straightforward formula of sorting out the better teams from leagues of four clubs.The new arrangement opens with a league of 36 clubs — a magical confusion of ties in four sections each between clubs of similar standards before knockout matches begin with play-offs just to get into the Last 16.I don’t know about player fatigue, my own mental side is pretty tired at that lot.Most read in Champions LeagueBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSYou might also wonder about the reason behind this restructuring.Cynics are even suggesting extra profits will appease the Super League rebel crew and circumnavigate any possible future revolution. Uefa and Fifa made the decision that the plot should be altered.Rodri sensationally claims players are close to STRIKING over schedule after Alisson says ‘our opinion does not matter’Next summer the refashioned Club World Cup will take its bow and among the clubs competing are Chelsea and Manchester City.City are going to have a busy summer. No wonder midfielder Rodri talked in strike terms, adding that 40 to 50 matches should be about maximum for a season.He  played 63 competitive games for club and country last season, and featured for 5,598 minutes between July 2023 and July 2024, including pre-season friendlies.If Rodri is feeling the effects, spare a thought for team-mate Phil Foden, who played 69 competitive games last term and 72 in all.Some will say City are victims of their own success but that success is becoming a punishment for the players.And it’s only going to get worse. It’s expected with Prem games, domestic cup competitions, Europe, internationals and the Club World Cup, City’s players could play up to 85 times this season.No wonder the players are concerned about their own well-being. No one else seems to be giving it a thought.Players need to be heardWhilst the men in suits and white trainers sit in Switzerland and extend the football calendar, no one even bothered to seek the opinion of the players.Liverpool No 1 Alisson said: “Nobody asks the players what they think about adding more games, so maybe our opinion doesn’t matter.”That’s woeful, as it should matter the most.As the PFA pointed out: “Players and their unions have asked to be listened to. “When they are ignored, the natural consequence is that players will begin to consider all options.READ MORE SUN STORIES“Players are repeatedly saying  enough is enough and this must  act as a serious wake-up call to  authorities.”I don’t expect a strike but it is reasonable for the men in shorts to ask the men in suits to listen to them. More

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      Old school number 9s will be back in fashion when managers put winning ahead of reputations – but Haaland isn’t one

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      AS SOMEBODY who was proud to call himself a genuine old-school No9, I’m supposed to be part of a dying breed.And I can understand why people might think that. There is a lack of authentic centre-forwards in the Premier League and across the whole of elite football.Troy Deeney was an old school No9Credit: Getty Images – GettyErling Haaland is not good enough with his back to goal to be an old fashioned strikerCredit: GettyThe days when top-flight clubs were employing players like myself, Rickie Lambert at Southampton and Grant Holt at Norwich appear to be numbered.But those sorts of players will come back into fashion before long.For me, the blame for the current trend lies with coaches at all levels — from the Premier League, to academies and right down to those coaching kids at the grass roots on a Sunday morning.For an increasing number of head coaches in the top flight, it all seems to be about their own reputations, rather than winning matches and bringing success to their clubs.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLThe perfect case in point is Vincent Kompany. A great bloke, an outstanding defender and captain at Manchester City but, as manager of Burnley last season, a coach who oversaw one of the most defensively naive teams I’ve ever watched.And yet where did Kompany end up this summer? At Bayern Munich — one of the biggest clubs in the world – with one of the few last remaining great centre-forwards in Harry Kane.It was a good career move for Kompany but not so good for Burnley, who were widely tipped to stay up last season but never looked in with a shout of beating the drop once the season had started.Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSEverybody wants to coach like Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola.Everyone is obsessed with technical players and keeping possession, which when you have the best players is brilliant to watch and can be very successful.Top ten Premier League managers’ WagsBut if you have more limited players, you need greater physicality. You need a centre-forward who can score goals, link up play and cause different problems for defences.The early signs are that Southampton are going to be this season’s Burnley. Newly-promoted, obsessed with playing out from the back and getting beaten consistently.Who knows, maybe their boss Russell Martin will lead Saints to relegation and turn up at the Nou Camp in charge of Barcelona next season.But at some point owners of clubs outside of the Premier League elite will realise that their best hope of success is to play a different brand of football rather than being seduced by coaches who want to be Pep Lite.Since the advent of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi — two of the greatest scorers the game has ever known but neither of them emerging as centre-forwards — young players have wanted to be wingers or inside forwards or No 10s.In England a couple of decades ago, we had Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Ian Wright, Kevin Phillips — all quality goalscorers.Now there is no obvious successor to 31-year-old Kane as England No9.Ollie Watkins, only a few years younger than Kane at 28, is a fine player but has spent a lot of his career as more of a winger than a genuine centre-forward.Erling Haaland is actually not what I’d call an old-school No9. The big Norwegian admits himself that he is not outstanding with his back to goal.But the 24-year-old City striker is just about the most incredible goalscoring machine I’ve ever seen.Having scored back-to-back hat-tricks, he netted twice in the first-half against Brentford last weekend and looked absolutely gutted not to get a third.And I love that about him. It’s all about that hunger, some might say greed, for scoring goals. You don’t get as many players with that attitude now.The lack of proper centre-forwards in their late teens and early 20s is noticeable and if you watched any Premier League 2 ‘reserve’ football as well as Under-18 and lower age-group level football you would understand why.It is a soft game at those levels, refereed very differently to senior football.There is no room for physicality as refs blow up for fouls at the slightest contact and plenty of players get a real shock when they step up to the men’s game.You see a lot of goals awarded after a player has lost possession and then stops, thinking he’s going to receive a soft free-kick — then he doesn’t.As for young kids learning the game, there have been a lot of great strides made compared to the days when eight-year-olds were playing 11 v 11 with full-sized goals, which was no good for anyone.READ MORE SUN STORIESBut perhaps we’ve gone too far the other way. As a youngster, I’d be encouraged to play against kids a year or two older to increase my physicality but that doesn’t really happen these days.There have always been trends and cycles in football and there always will be – which is why I don’t accept that us centre-forwards will go the way of the dinosaurs. More

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      Gary Lineker in talks with BBC over multi-year deal for Match of the Day after volunteering to take pay cut

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      GARY Lineker is in talks with the BBC over a multi-year deal for Match of the Day — after volunteering to take a pay cut.The veteran presenter, 63, could agree to stay on for £1million a year — £350,000 less than his current salary.Gary Lineker is preparing to sign a new six-figure deal with the BBC after volunteering for a pay cutCredit: BBCGary Lineker during his first MOTD appearance in 1999Credit: Pixel8000Lineker, who has hosted the BBC footie highlights show since 1999, is to meet executives next month over a potential deal lasting at least two or three years.Talks are understood to have been briefly delayed following the recent Jermaine Jenas scandal.The shamed former Spurs star, 41, who was reportedly in the running to replace Lineker, was sacked for inappropriately texting two women on The One Show.A source said: “Gary is hugely popular with both fans and players alike. The sense is that, with so much uncertainty and scandal at the BBC, right now viewers are crying out for a safe pair of hands.READ MORE ON GARY LINEKER“Gary adores the BBC, and loves his job, and recognises what an honour it is to host television’s flagship football show, as well as international games.“Gary has long maintained that the BBC provides excellent value for money – and has quite literally put his money where his mouth is, and offered to take a substantial pay cut.”MotD2 host Mark Chapman, 50, has also been tipped to take over when Lineker’s contract expires at the end of the season.Last year the former England striker was reprimanded by the BBC after a critical social media post about the Government’s asylum policy. Most read in FootballHe was forced to miss a show but colleagues loyally refused to fill in for him, so only match highlights were shown instead.The upcoming pay negotiations come as the BBC is under enormous pressure to reduce its wage bill.BBC presenter stunned after going behind the scenes at Match of the Day studio with Gary Lineker Since 2021, it has laid off 1,800 employees and cut budgets across programmes.BBC chiefs are also still trying to claw back £200,000 paid to disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards since his arrest last November over child sex abuse images.BBC director-general Tim Davie said the crimes were “appalling”, adding: “We want the money back and we’ve asked for it back, and we’re waiting to hear back.”A spokesman for Lineker declined to comment, as did the BBC.Lineker is to meet executives next month over a potential deal lasting at least two or three yearsCredit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Love cheat Kyle Walker ‘shows he’s a changed man’ after marriage scandal as he promotes Salvation Army event

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      LOVE cheat Kyle Walker is on his best behaviour off the pitch — as he flies the flag for The Salvation Army.The Man City star, 34, was joined by ex-Wales striker John Hartson, 49, at a football tournament staged by the charity.Kyle Walker promotes a Salvation Army event with fellow footballer John HartsonCredit: PP.Walker has recently been allowed back into his family home after it was revealed he was unfaithfulCredit: GettyThursday’s event in Manchester aimed to raise awareness of homelessness and mental health.It comes after Walker was allowed back home by wife Annie Kilner after he fathered two kids with Lauryn Goodman.He was allowed back just over three weeks ago and is said to be “working on his marriage”.A source said: “Walker’s really trying to give something back and show he’s a changed man.READ MORE ON KYLE WALKER“He’s been in the bad books for so long and wants to show he’s learned from his mistakes.“Walker was all smiles at the charity event and meeting the players meant so much to them.”Hartson, 49, presented the trophy to winning side The Orchard, from Bradford, and spoke to players about his career and own struggles battling cancer and a gambling addiction.He said: “I thoroughly enjoyed today. The standard of football has been great, they’ve played seven or eight games, and their fitness levels are so good.Most read in Football“The camaraderie is great, there’s a lot of respect for each other.“People have been sharing their stories with me, some who have lost their way at some stage in their life but are working really hard to get back on track.Kyle Walker moves back in with wife Annie Kilner after fathering second child with ex“It’s been great that The Salvation Army put this special day on. I think the guys really appreciate it.“For that one day everyone can forget what’s going on outside.”Hartson spoke to players about his career and own struggles battling cancer and gambling addictionCredit: Getty Images – GettyKyle and Annie Kilner have been together since they were teenagersCredit: Refer to CaptionThe England icon fathered two kids with Lauryn Goodman behind Annie’s back More