Rashford And Mainoo Will Thrive Under Pochettino – Friedel

Former EPL goalkeeper Brad Friedel has backed Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo to flourish under new Manchester United boss Mauricio Pochettino. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Highlighting Dele Alli’s Tottenham Hotspur rise as proof of the Argentine’s coaching pedigree, Friedel stated that Poch is good at making players feel better than they actually are while making sure that they keep working hard.

Brad added that as long as Bruno Fernandes drops his ago, Mauricio wouldn’t mind trusting him in midfield too.

His words, “I think as opposed to trying to get a senior player on board, I think he’ll put his arm around some of the younger players that have incredible potential.

Somebody like Marcus Rashford could really thrive under him if that’s one of the players that Mauricio pinpoints, Mainoo as well, players like that.

If you look at what he did with Dele Alli at Spurs when he came in, kind of a similar situation.

He’s very good at making players that he wants in his system, in his culture at the club, making them feel a million bucks.

He’s excellent at that and his whole staff is very good at that, being compassionate and making you feel wanted, making you feel possibly better than you are while making sure that you’re working hard.

We’ve watched many Manchester United games and some of the games we’ve actually watched and we’ve come away saying, ‘They’re just getting outworked at times,’ you can’t have that.

That’s one part of the game he won’t tolerate at all and it really has no meaning to him what your name is on the back of the shirt at all.

I think he’ll want his talent at the football club, but he won’t tolerate it if he does have an ego.

I don’t know Bruno personally at all. I think Mauricio’s not a fool. He’ll want the best players on the pitch, but he’ll want them fully committed.

If they’re not he will work very quickly to get them out the door. I would imagine he will try to work with him at first and if he doesn’t think he’s going to fit then I don’t think it’ll be an issue for him to change him.

He is a top quality player, we all know that. Mauricio builds a culture at the club. If he’s not going to buy into that then you’ll be out the door.”