Harry Redknapp Talks Marcus Rashford, Adnan Januzaj, Manchester United and More

Harry Redknapp is concerned Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford might be under threat of “doing an Adnan Januzaj” should the Red Devils bring in a new top-class forward over the summer.

The 18-year-old Rashford has burst onto the scene in spectacular fashion under manager Louis van Gaal in the second half of the 2015-16 season, netting eight goals in all competitions in 17 appearances and earning a call-up to Roy Hodgson’s provisional England squad for UEFA Euro 2016, per WhoScored.com.

However, former Tottenham Hotspur manager Redknapp has warned in the Evening Standard of Rashford befalling the same plight as Belgian Januzaj, who emerged brilliantly under David Moyes in 2013-14 only to fall drastically down the pecking order:

Look at [Januzaj]. He looked like the greatest player we had seen for years when he first came in. Everyone thought he was a genius and United fans were baying for him to get a new contract to stop the risk of losing him for nothing. The club gave him a huge five-year deal, meanwhile every nation he was conceivably eligible to play for scrambled to get him. The FA were desperate to get him to play for England.

Then, suddenly United spend nearly £60 million on Angel Di Maria and Januzaj dies a death. He’s out of the team, confidence drains away and they end up shipping him out on loan to Borussia Dortmund, whose coaches call him lazy and disinterested. A change of manager, with …

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