'People look as a centre-forward and say his record isn't great, but that's not necessarily what Ten Hag has got him there for. In the starts that he's had Rashford has got 11 goals. 'I think Rashford enjoys playing with him.

I think the best part of his game is bringing other people in and he can be a platform at times.

READ MORE: Martial proving Mourinho right at UnitedīT Sport pundit Ferdinand said: 'He gives them a focal point in terms of someone to play into. However, he also called on the Netherlands international to net more goals himself in order to help rubber-stamp Champions League qualification. However, after being recalled to the starting XI at the London Stadium with Anthony Martial dropping to the bench, Weghorst was pinpointed by Ferdinand as a significant factor in how Rashford has gone to another level since the World Cup break. Weghorst, meanwhile, has only found the net twice following his January loan move from Burnley and United will not attempt to sign him permanently when the market reopens. And that’s the way it has resonated for countless readers from three to adult.Manchester United hero Rio Ferdinand has underlined the role played by Wout Weghorst in allowing Marcus Rashford to shine at Old Trafford this season.īefore kick-off against West Ham on Sunday night Rashford had scored 29 goals in all competitions for United. Perhaps the best description of Ferdinand is Munro Leaf’s, who suggested that it is ‘a happy-ending story about being yourself’. Deeply moved by the plight of German children whose books had all been destroyed in the conflict, she caused 30,000 copies of Ferdinand to be printed on newsprint and distributed to children hungry for food, but also starved of stories. So they bring him back to his meadow, where he continues to sit peacefully under the cork tree.įerdinand was published at the beginning of World War Two and was variously viewed as pacifist, fascist or communist in intent and as propaganda for the Spanish Civil War which began in 1936, a year after Ferdinand was conceived by Leaf and Lawson, who both denied it had any political agenda.īut it later served a particular agenda for peace and understanding through children’s books when Jella Lepman, the founder of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) was involved with the regeneration of Germany after the War. But what does Ferdinand do when he arrives in the bull ring? He sits down, of course, and smells the flowers in the lovely ladies’ hats.

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