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Ex-Man Utd academy chief Butt: Rashford success built on work of 50 coaches

Manchester United hero Nicky Butt has given his view on the red hot form of Marcus Rashford.

Butt, who was at United for ten years as a player and nine years as a coach, was at the club when Rashford broke through from the youth team to the first team.

The 48-year-old is now the chief executive of League Two side Salford City.

“For out and out football talent, he is as good as anyone in the world at what he does," Butt told the Mail.

“He just has to believe that himself.

“But none of that success is on me. That's part of what really got to me at the club. Nothing is ever down to one person, right?

“Marcus and the others started with United at seven. But all those people who worked with them on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings never get a mention.

“For me, when people sit there and go: 'We have done such a great job by getting players X, Y and Z through' it isn't right.

“To get that boy from aged eight to the first team probably takes 50 people."

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