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Jamie Redknapp has heaped praise on Marcus Rashford for getting his career back on track after the forward netted twice in England's 3-0 win against Wales on Tuesday to book their place in the last-16 of the World Cup.
Off the back of missing a penalty in England's heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat to Italy in last year's European Championship final, Rashford endured a miserable 2021-22 campaign where he scored just four league goals for Manchester United.
This led to him failing to represent the Three Lions for over 12 months, but he has turned things around this term, scoring eight goals in all competitions to force his way into Gareth Southgate's World Cup squad.
Marcus Rashford scored twice in England's win against Wales at the World Cup on Tuesday
It has been some turnaround for the forward who struggled under Ralf Rangnick at Man United last season
Rashford took his chance to play from the start against Wales, scoring with a free-kick and a powerful left-footed shot to cap off his rise back to the top, and Redknapp has hailed the 25-year-old for getting back to his best after initially believing Rashford could benefit from a move away from Old Trafford.
Referring back to a conversation he had with Rashford earlier this season, Redknapp told Sky Sports: 'I said to him, "you look a totally different player, a different boy. What has changed?" Because I felt the best thing for him might have been to leave Manchester United and go and grow and play elsewhere because he looked like he'd fallen out of love with the game.
'And he stopped and looked at me, and I thought "what are you going to say to me here because you might not take this question very well?" And the really brilliant answer that he gave which was "do you know what, I just fell in love with the game again. I realised that things weren't right, I
