England manager Thomas Tuchel has warned Marcus Rashford not to waste his potential, the most dangerous word in football, and challenged him to register more goals and assists this season.
The Manchester United academy graduate announced himself as one of the world’s most exciting young players with a prolific start to life as a teenager at Old Trafford. Rashford maintained his status as an undisputed starter and peaked with 30 goals across all competitions in 2022–23 but has struggled to recapture that form over the subsequent three years.
A stormy relationship with Ruben Amorim ultimately forced him out of his boyhood club and he now appears to be rediscovering his clinical edge on loan at Barcelona this season.
However, Tuchel will not be satisfied until Rashford consistently replicates his form on the training pitch in competitive fixtures. “That is the headline for him,” the England boss sighed when the forward’s aspiration for consistency was raised. “To keep on pushing himself to the limit. The limit for him is very, very high. Maybe higher than for others. He has the potential, but potential is a dangerous word with high-level sports.
