Marcus Rashford can make case for being Manchester United’s ideal No9 | Jamie Jackson


Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s suspension for the Arsenal game means Rashford may be asked by José Mourinho to play in the role where he made a huge impact last season, including two goals against Arsène Wenger’s side

Marcus Rashford’s big audition for José Mourinho’s Manchester United will come against Arsenal on Saturday if he is handed the No9 berth. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s one-game suspension means a vacancy opens up at centre-forward in a major match for the first time since Mourinho took over and made the Swede his totem signing.

It was against Arsenal that Rashford got his first Premier League goals last February, scoring twice after he had done the same on his debut against Midtjylland three days earlier, and he will hope to lay down another marker against Arsène Wenger’s side.

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