Rashford eyes ‘ultimate’ status

Marcus Rashford hopes a prolific goalscoring season can help him become the “ultimate striker” and bring silverware to Manchester United, who face Leicester live on Sky Sports 1 on Saturday.

The 18-year-old has come a long way since his debut against Midtjylland seven months ago, embarking on a meteoric journey from near obscurity to the forefront of the first team at Old Trafford.

Having scored eight goals in his stunning breakthrough season, he has already found the net three times this term, most recently in United’s EFL Cup victory at Northampton.

And, in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports’ Geoff Shreeves, Rashford revealed his ambition to continue scoring en route to becoming a rounded striker capable of playing in a range of positions.

“I want to score more goals, the main ambition is goals,” he said. “A few years ago my aim was to score as many goals as I could to show people my talents and what I could do.

“But now things have changed. There’s some games where your touch might be off but that doesn’t mean that you can’t score goals and win the game for …

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