Rashford has ignited again this season following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s arrival as caretaker boss last month. Five goals in seven appearances under the new regime has helped fire the Reds.

“He [Solskjaer] is not a bad person to learn off, is he? With the career he had. What a player he was,” said Ashley admiringly.

“I think Marcus is learning each day and obviously the manager will guide him in the way he does.

“He's on a great scoring run right now and I hope it continues for him. Us players at the back have got to feed the forward players and I think the goals come from all around the pitch, and it's not just him. Jesse Lingard's there, Anthony's there, Romelu [Lukaku], Alexis, just to name a few. So there's great competition for places and everyone's got to be on their game every day in training.”

Young believes United’s famous conveyor belt of youth talent will continue to flow with another crop of kids ready to follow in Rashford’s footsteps.