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Young Manchester United star Marcus Rashford was spotted watching pals play in a non-league match - and even paid his £5 admission fee.

The 18-year-old, who is set to start in the Manchester derby this weekend after scoring a hat-trick for England Under-21s, was pictured at Bacup Borough in Rossendale on Wednesday night.

Rashford , who recently bought his mum an £800,000 home, watched childhood friends Kyle Hendley and Ashley Paul Leather in action for Bacup against Charnock Richard in the Hallmark Security League First Division.

He posed for selfies with supporters as he watched the away side run out 4-1 victors.

Bacup manager Brent Peters, a United fan, says he was only made aware of Rashford's visit after arriving at the ground.

He told Mirror Online : "I was told he was coming just before I addressed the team prior to the game, apparently he had just finished training.

"From what I am told he just entered the ground like everyone else, but it soon spread like wild fire he was here.

"Credit to him, he had loads of pictures taken with people and the kids loved it. It's not often the kids of Bacup see in the flesh such a superstar, so that meant a lot to them."

He continued: "Just 24 hours earlier he was scoring a hat-trick for the Under-21s in front of the England manager and the next day he's signing autographs in front of the Bacup manager at the Brian Boys West View Stadium.

"A Premiership star at the home of the famous Premiership pie!"

United manager Jose Mourinho is considering handing Rashford his first start of the season against City on Saturday in the wake of his stunning midweek treble for England.

Rashford scored the only goal when City and United last met in March, and Mourinho is said to be leaning towards including him in his starting line-up for the lunchtime showdown at Old Trafford.

Rashford maintained his remarkable record of scoring on his full debut for every manager with his treble in Tuesday’s 6-1 rout of Norway's Under-21s in Colchester.