Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood are the \u201cbest homegrown strikers in the country\u201d, according to Colin Little, who is in awe of the level the two Manchester United stars have reached at such a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer placed his trust in Rashford, Greenwood and Anthony Martial after selling first-choice forward Romelu Lukaku to Inter last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three men have stepped up to the plate over the course of the 2019-20 campaign, scoring a combined 49 goals across all competitions to help United fight for a top-four finish, along with success in the FA Cup and Europa League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rashford, 22, was enjoying his best season yet in a United shirt before being sidelined with a back injury in January, while Greenwood, 18, has established himself as a key member of Solskjaer’s squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Little, who serves as an assistant coach in the academy at Old Trafford, has witnessed the talents of both men up close, and does not believe any other up and coming English strikers can compare to the duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI honestly think you can\u2019t look at any team and think there are any two better homegrown strikers in the country,\u201d he told MUTV. \u201cTammy Abraham and Harry Kane are really good strikers but we\u2019ve got two on our books right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWithout blowing our own trumpet, that\u2019s just incredible isn\u2019t it? Both are still young, both are Manchester United kids from an early age. It\u2019s why, but for anything else, if they were the two people who come out of this academy, you would be like \u2018wow\u2019. I mean what are forwards worth nowadays? People who score goals \u2013 at that age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re looking at it, thinking what an incredible asset to have, and you\u2019ve got the other ones like Brandon Williams and James Garner, and others, behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a testament to everybody and, let\u2019s be honest with you, from all the way down with Eamon Mulvey\u2019s group, all the way through, those players have gone through every single age group. From Tony Whelan, and everybody is where they are now. I mean, they could be in our first team for nearly 20 years. It can be a 20-year career from 18 to 38.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood are the \u201cbest homegrown strikers in the country\u201d, according to Colin Little, who is in awe of the level the two Manchester United stars have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":137990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1588,463,4357,18808],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/marcus-rashford-mason-greenwood.jpg?fit=1600%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129669,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/mason-greenwood-hits-brace-as-man-utd-sink-az-alkmaar-4-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":137989,"position":0},"title":"Mason Greenwood Hits Brace As Man Utd Sink AZ Alkmaar 4-0","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"December 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Mason Greenwood scored twice as Manchester United got four in 11 minutes to defeat AZ Alkmaar and secure a seeding for the Europa League knockout phase. 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