A Manchester United legend has heaped praise on former Cape Town City manager Benni McCarthy for the impact he has had on Marcus Rashford this season.
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The South African was appointed as a striker coach just weeks after Erik ten Hag's appointment at the Red Devils, with the Dutchman later revealing that McCarthy impressed him during an interview process.
Since his arrival in the Premier League, McCarthy has been credited with Rashford getting back to his best for the club. The 25-year-old has scored 15 goals in all competitions so far in this campaign, eight strikes off his career-best tally.
Ex-United left-back Patrice Evra has now joined in on the praise for the former Bafana Bafana international, saying he believes McCarthy is "responsible" for Rashford's upturn in form.
"We need to give credit to Benni McCarthy, he's responsible for all the forward players and you can see he is doing a good job," he told Betfair.
"Maybe he is the one saying to Marcus that he needs to score more goals and be a killer.
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"So, I think what United are doing with Marcus is good work because I see someone happy. That is the key. It's the biggest difference I see in Marcus, now he is smiling.
"Before, when he scored a goal you could see he was angry and upset with something, now he is happy. A happy Marcus Rashford is dangerous. He's electric.
"Rashford doesn't surprise me because this is what I expected from him from the start. Marcus lost his happiness and when I was at one of the games I said to him, 'What's the most important thing for me now is to see you smiling because you've got the quality but sometimes when I watch you it looks like you're bored on the pitch'.
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"I think the problem was away from the pitch and there were things that we didn't know about. When I told him that, he said I was correct."
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