After reaching 350 first-team appearances on Saturday, Marcus Rashford said in a letter to Manchester United fans that he still has a lot to offer the team.
Concerns were raised about the performance's outcome after the 28-goal forward hobbled off late in Everton's 2-0 victory due to a groin injury. He set up Anthony Martial for United's second goal of the game just minutes earlier, bringing his season total for goals contributed to 38.
There are concerns he might miss Thursday's match against Sevilla in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal. The severity of his injury has not yet been established. With Bruno Fernandes sitting on 10, United has relied largely on Rashford to score goals this season.
Rashford is currently negotiating a new long-term contract with the organization. The striker is expected to sign a new deal with the Reds, and he is believed to be keen on sticking at Old Trafford despite interest from Paris Saint-Germain.
And Rashford appears to have supported this with his most recent Instagram tale. The England striker reshared the team's message congratulating him on achieving 350 appearances and added, "Plenty more in the tank."
As for Rashford, some on Twitter think he wrote the phrase as a message to show his fitness, implying that he would be ready for Sevilla on Thursday. Rashford has 120 senior club goals.
@iamdeeman: He is fit then.
@flyindutchmannn: He's fine he's not injured.
@kooyansanii: Rashford posted on IG that “there’s still plenty more in the tank”. He’s surely coming back sooner.
@najibh28: He’s gonna play through injury…
Erik Ten Hag will give the official update regarding the 25 year old's fitness on Wednesday during his press conference ahead of the team's trip to Seville.
After Saturday afternoon win against Everton at Old Trafford, the 53 year old Dutch tactician expressed his disappointment towards the FA due to the manner in which Man United's player ctic fixtures are being played as he asserted it's amongst the reasons for Marcus Rashford's hobbling off the pitch before the full time whistle.
"I can’t say in this moment, you are doctor, maybe? I am not.’ ten Hag added. ‘I We have to wait, how bad or how good it is. Obviously he went off with a complaint, now we have to wait, set a diagnosis and we will see."
‘Some things you can’t avoid but it was avoidable. Why is the Premier League giving us the late Sunday night game [last week vs. Newcastle] and giving us the early Saturday game? I think it’s not right."
‘You run the risk, the players can’t recover that quickly, we know all research that players need a certain period to recover and it accumulates. So then you run even more of a risk. It’s also part of the schedule that we now find ourselves in this situation and now we can only pray he is not dropping off."
Erik Ten Hag didn't stop there he went further to compare the Red Devils to the rest of the Premier League rivals.
"Not any manager at this stage of the season will rotate so much. I know it’s the toughest league, of all the leagues we are in you need a squad to rotate to a certain point."
"But this was avoidable, it was not necessary to set the schedule like we have now. I think another fact is more important than the sporting element like protecting the players. Today we have seen a very entertaining afternoon but players can’t do it so often when they’re not fresh."
"We create a lot of chances but missing the chances is part of a lack of freshness in the final moment and the risk of injuries. We have to protect the players and it’s in the interests of the total football. Everyone, the audience, wants to see great football and you need to have your best players," He asserted.
The manager however claimed he has confidence in fit again Anthony Martial to carry the goalscoring burden in the case if Marcus Rashford misses out for a period due to injury.
"We have seen it already when he is on the pitch it makes a difference to the team. See Liverpool, see Man City games."
"We have to keep him fit, he has to keep himself fit and will contribute. He’s a threat for the opponent and he’s one who can be clinical," Erik Ten Hag claimed.
After Sevilla, United plays Nottingham Forest before traveling back to Spain for the second leg of the Europa League, with the FA Cup semifinal against Brighton set for three days later.
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