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Marcus Rashford hailed as Premier League's best by former Manchester United striker

Former Manchester United player Louis Saha believes Reds striker Marcus Rashford is currently the best player in the Premier League.

Rashford has been in scintillating form for Erik ten Hag's side so far this season, with the 25-year-old registering 21 goals and eight assists in 34 appearances in all competitions. The United ace was once again on target at the weekend - scoring for the fourth game in a row in the 2-0 victory over Leeds United.

The England international has bagged eight league goals since the domestic campaign resumed, having scored in all but one of the Reds' top-flight matches since the restart, to take his top flight tally to 12 for the campaign. He is currently fourth in the race for the Golden Boot, behind Erling Haaland (25), Harry Kane (17) and Ivan Toney (14).

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And ex-Reds striker Saha believes the forward has been 'unplayable' for United, hailing the Academy graduate as the best player in the division.

"For me, there is absolutely no question that Marcus Rashford is the best player in the Premier League right now," he told Paddy Power. "A lot of players played well and scored loads of goals like Erling Haaland, but in terms of quality and the full package, from December he’s been unplayable.

"He’s got the confidence and he’s playing unbelievably well. He’s also not really been helped by Wout Weghorst. The system reminds me a little bit of Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud for France. When you have a player in full confidence, it’s going to be hard for any defender to cope with Rashford. He’s very smart and won’t get into situations where he’ll get bullied. There is no better player in the Premier League than Rashford right now."

Rashford will be looking to register his fourth Europa League goal of the campaign when the Reds face Barcelona in the first leg of their play-off tie on Thursday night.

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