Marcus Rashford goes into the Euro2016 Tournament as England's second-most popular striker, according to figures from leading football retailer UKSoccershop. Since the announcement of the squad, sales of replica England shirts emblazoned “Rashford” have soared ahead of "Vardy" and are now challenging "Kane" for the top spot.
When the new England shirts were unveiled in March, it was less than a month since Rashford had made his debut for Manchester United. Since then the lion's share of striker shirts sales have been split between Vardy (35%) and Kane (30%). But all that changed with the inclusion of Rashford in the squad; now a quarter of striker shirts have his name on them!
It’s been a dramatic rise to fame for Manchester United starlet Marcus Rashford. In a top flight career of only four months he’s netted in a Manchester derby, scored a brace in the Europa League, and made...