The 27-year-old forward has enjoyed a strong start to the season on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United, and ahead of the Three Lions’ World Cup qualifier against Latvia on Tuesday (10.14.25), England manager Tuchel has encouraged Rashford to “constantly prove himself”.

Speaking at a press conference, the 52-year-old head coach said: “That is the headline for him. To keep on pushing himself to the limit.

“The limit for him is very, very high. Maybe higher than for others. He has the potential, but potential is a dangerous word with high-level sports.

“You have to reach your personal best on a regular basis. It’s not a question of talent, it’s a question of whether he can prove the point at club and international level. Whether he starts for us or comes off the bench he has to constantly prove himself.

“He can be one of the best in the world. The quality I see in training, the finishing with both legs and with the head. He is explosive, he is fast, he is strong in the air so where are the limits? There are no limits, but the numbers don’t reach the potential.

“He needs to push himself into goal involvements. That means goals and assists. He knows that from me.”

Tuchel added Rashford needs to make the “right decisions”, and warned he will be “disappointed” if he didn’t make the most of his talent.


He continued: “He still has to make these decisions. He is in that moment, he is young enough to take the right decisions and not let go. Otherwise, he will be disappointed in 10 years at what could have been and what he made of it.”

The England manager explained he had set out the next steps for Rashford in terms of his goalscoring potential at the international level.

He said: “For the work-rate against the ball I selected him. And still he had not as many goals and not as many goal involvements as he could have.

“He creates quite a lot of chances, but for the quality and finishing that we see with training, he just doesn’t score enough. That’s the next step.”