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Marcus Rashford sets sights on Wayne Rooney’s Man United goal record.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has set an ambitious goal for himself, aiming to score 40 goals across all competitions this season in his pursuit of surpassing Wayne Rooney’s all-time goalscoring record for the club.
Rooney currently holds the top spot on Manchester United’s all-time scoring charts with 253 goals in 559 games. Rashford, at 25 years old, has already notched 123 goals in 359 games for the club. To catch up to Rooney, he will need to maintain a prolific scoring rate.
Coming off his best-ever goalscoring season with 30 goals, Rashford is eager to break records and has even discussed his aspirations with Rooney himself.
“Hopefully I will [break Rooney’s record],” Rashford told Gary Neville on The Overlap. “You never know what’s going to happen, but I’m all about scoring goals and trying to make assists. There’s a chance that it can happen. I’ve spoken to Wazza about it – he wants me to do it. He said it would be good for me to do it as I’ve grown up at the club. Hopefully, I get the opportunity to try to make it happen.”
Rashford is also aiming to become the first United player since Cristiano Ronaldo to score 40 goals in a single season and recognizes the need to enhance his scoring rate to catch up to Rooney.
“Before last season, I always aimed for 20 goals – a good benchmark for a winger,” he explained. “But this season, I’ve [a desire to] hit 30 – we have to try to push it now. If I can keep that side of it under [control], I feel like I can go on and get 35 or 40.”
In terms of goals scored for Manchester United, Rashford currently ranks 18th and needs 22 more goals to catch Cristiano Ronaldo, who sits in 14th place. Hitting the 40-goal mark would put Rashford on par with Mark Hughes for tenth place in the club’s all-time scoring list.