Rashford issues further injury update ahead of Man United return
Premier League
By
Mirror
| Jun 07, 2020
Marcus Rashford says he is fit and ready to return to action ahead of the Premier League's restart later this month.
Manchester United resume their campaign with a trip to Tottenham Hotspur on Friday 19 June, with the Red Devils aiming to close the three-point gap on fourth-place Chelsea.
Rashford has not featured since suffering a double stress fracture to his back during an FA Cup clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers in January.
There were doubts he would be fit for the revised Premier League schedule, but the 22-year-old insists he is raring to go and United are primed for a strong run-in.
"I think coming out of this lockdown we are in a much stronger position than we were going into it," Rashford told Stretty News.
"I think we just need to take each game as it comes and not get too ahead of ourselves. We are working hard in training, gelling as a team with players coming back from injury, etc.
"For me personally I felt I was having my best season to date before the injury hit so now I'm back fully fit I'm determined to push on."
United put together a strong run of form to go unbeaten in 11 games across all competitions before the season was suspended in March.
And manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explained his side had been reflecting on their strengths during training, while also adding some new ideas.
"Training has been about recapping what we did well, tweaking maybe one or two things and looking at some new ideas, but hopefully we can see a lot of what we saw towards the end before the lockdown," the Norwegian said.
"We've got games coming weekend, midweek, weekend for a spell so you have to focus on ourselves and not just on that one, first game.
"I think everyone can see over the last few months how the players have behaved and dealt with the situation and how we as a club have dealt with it. The players have kept themselves fit as well, which has been great.
"The weather was fantastic when they got going in small groups and gradually now, as we've got into contact training, you can see a little bit more of the edge but also the camaraderie and team bonding.
"That's vital for me in a team. That's one of the main things, that we are a team and the team goes before anything else."