Jose Mourinho confirms Marcus Rasford will be a starter for Manchester United

Jose Mourinho says Marcus Rashford has forced his way into Manchester United first team with his performance against Manchester City on Saturday.

Rashford, who netted the winning goal at Hull and an England U21 hat-trick to his name this season, is yet to start under Mourinho but was sent on at half-time on Saturday with United 2-1 behind to Manchester City.

"The next big game is against Feyenoord and he is going to play," Mourinho said. "I trust him completely. I know his future will be absolutely brilliant.

"He is mainly a No 9 and if you want to play him in different positions, we need to work him, we need to improve him, but his big personality is there.

"Normally, people look to the football talent but the personality at this level is very, very important and he was showing that last season, he was showing that immediately. He gave us in the second half what we needed but didn't get from Miki or Jesse in the first half."

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