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Rashford fancies becoming next Ronaldo than Boris Johnson

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Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford, has revealed that he would prefer emulating former Old Trafford star, Cristiano Ronaldo than becoming the next Prime Minister of Great Britain in the future.

Speaking during a pre-match press conference at St. George’s Park ahead of England’s EURO 2020 clash against Scotland on Thursday, Rashford who has been at the forefront of recent charity work, focused on feeding children from poorer backgrounds, ruled out the prospect of being a politician.

“Yeah I probably can [rule out being a politician] because it’s not something I grew up wanting to do,” Rashford said, quoted by Goal.

“My mind’s not on that really but it was great speaking to him [Obama] and I’ve enjoyed speaking to people like that, learning from them and taking what I can from the stories that they tell me. It’s something I will always remember.”

Speaking on the possibility of playing against Ronaldo’s Portugal for the first time in the next round, with England able to face Portugal depending on where they end up in their groups, Rashy admitted that he still draws inspiration from the five-time Ballon d’Or winner and  all-time European Championship top scorer.

He continued: “To play against Portugal would be a great feeling for everyone in the squad because to play against some of the best players in the world, we want to test ourselves against the best,” he said. “That’s the reason why push ourselves every day.

“We don’t want an easy ride, we want to play against the best teams in the world. We want to do well against them. For the players, it will be an amazing experience.

“Cristiano is an unbelievable player and it almost becomes normal when he defies the odds now, it’s just the way his career has been from the beginning, and it will be a great experience to play against him.

“Just watching him grow and develop into the player he’s become was the great thing about it because when he first started playing, he wasn’t the Cristiano that you see today or five years ago, he was a different player, he was always dribbling, always taking people on and then just as time went on he just turned into an animal.

“He was scoring, he was assisting, he’s 36 and he’s scoring goals left, right and centre, so I don’t have a bad word to say about him. I think he’s someone a lot of people look up to including me.”

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