Marcus Rashford makes 400th senior appearance for Manchester United against Newcastle United | OneFootball

Marcus Rashford came off the bench last night to make his 400th appearance for Manchester United.

The 26 year old has probably endured the hardest season of his professional career.

A series of off and on the field problems have resulted in last season’s Player of the Year scoring only eight goals in all competitions.

Rashford has been heavily critiqued for his alleged lack of effort on the pitch as well as his poor decision making in the final third, which contrasts sharply with the wonderfully decisive player he was in Erik ten Hag’s first season, scoring 30 in all competitions.

Rashford has also had his fair share of problems off the field with a drinking binge in Belfast and even yesterday during the warm up he had to be pulled away by his teammates after reacting to something that was said to him in the crowd.

Nonetheless, to reach 400 games for your boyhood club is something to be cherished and respected.

The academy graduate is now in the top 20 all-time appearance makers for the club and at 26 years old is in a strong position to climb much further up the list.

He has already played more games than legends such as Denis Law, David Beckham or Peter Schmeichel.

Rashford will also have two authentic legends of the game in his sights next season as he is only 15 matches behind Bryan Robson and 18 short of George Best’s record.

He still has some work to do however to catch Ryan Giggs at the top of the list who played a scarcely believable 961 matches for the Red Devils.

The England striker has also scored 131 senior goals for the club, putting him 12th on the all-time list.

Once again he will have illustrious names like Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy in his sights as he needs 20 goals to overtake their records.

Rashford’s poor form has seen him linked away from the club, but latest reports seem to suggest he will stay at Old Trafford and one of the most vital things INEOS, a new coach or Erik ten Hag (should he stay) need to do is find a way to get him back to doing what he did so effectively during the 2022/2023 campaign.

Meanwhile, Rashford will hope to mirror his Wembley heroics of last season and score a goal in the FA Cup final against Manchester City in nine days’ time – this time, a winning one.

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