Marcus Rashford praises Jose Mourinho's coaching style

Marcus Rashford, who is on loan at Barcelona, ​​shared his insights during a chat with Gary Lineker and Micah Richards on The Rest is Football podcast. When asked by Lineker which manager had the most influence at Man Utd, Rashford mentioned Louis Van Gaal, Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He was particularly surprised by Mourinho's unique approach during his tenure from 2016 to 2018.

"Yes, all three managers are different, but that's because we've had so many different managers," Rashford said, referring to the 10 managers Man Utd have had since 2013.

The England international added: "It's difficult, I can't compare coaches, but when you're a developing player, when you're young, you learn things that you never knew and that no one has ever taught you before.

Like before Mourinho, I've never seen a manager who is so focused on winning. Van Gaal is not focused on winning, he's focused on winning, but he wants to play a beautiful game. Mourinho doesn't care. You know what I mean? Of course, as long as you win, if you have a choice, he wants you to play well. But if you win, you win. You move on to the next game."

Explaining how Mourinho's methods have proved a welcome change for him, Rashford said: "Mourinho has that attitude. At first, I was confused because throughout my development at Man Utd, everything was about playing a certain way, like winning a certain way. So at first, I was always angry, like today we didn't play well, but we won.

He's a winning coach, so he doesn't bring up points that you know were missed in the previous game because we won. But when we lose, he brings up those points. After about six months, I learned to respect that and then I started to reap the benefits of him as a coach."

After months of speculation, Rashford finally left Man Utd, the club he joined as a seven-year-old, for Aston Villa earlier this year. After scoring four goals under Unai Emery, he decided to join Barcelona this summer.

Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim is leading a new chapter at Old Trafford. Man Utd finished 15th last season and were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final.

When asked about what went wrong at his former club, Rashford suggested the Red Devils had deviated from the "principles" set by legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Rashford said: "When Ferguson was in charge, there were principles not just for the first team but for the whole academy. So you could pick players from 15 years ago and they all understood the principles of playing the Man Utd way.

Any team that is successful over time has principles that any new manager or player has to follow or contribute to. Sometimes Man Utd want to win but overreact. If your direction is constantly changing, you can't expect to win the title."

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