Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has compared Marcus Rashford to Thierry Henry and has backed the England forward to develop into a centre forward.
Rashford, 19, came on at half-time for Raheem Sterling when England were drawing 0-0 with Malta on Friday night and helped the Three Lions to a 4-0 victory in the second half.
The youngster’s played from the left wing for United this season following the arrival of Romelu Lukaku and is unlikely to get a look-in at centre forward with Zlatan Ibrahimovic set to be fit by December.
Giggs, though, says there’s plenty of time for Rashford to develop into a number 9 and says he is – like Thierry Henry was – just as effective from the left.
‘He can definitely play out wide, but eventually he’s going to be a No 9,’ Giggs told ITV.
‘I see similarities with Thierry Henry myself, he’s brilliant off the left.
‘Even if he’s playing centre-forward, he drifts off to the left where you can take players on either side.
‘But then, if he’s not played centre-forward a lot and all of a sudden Kane gets injured and you ask him to play up front, he can do it.
‘Like you say, he’s not going to play centre-forward of United too often with Lukaku, Ibrahimovic as well.’
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