Manchester City turned down the chance to sign Marcus Rashford – because he was too short MCFC MUFC
However, City failed to see what the England star was capable of as a kid.
Aged six, Rashford joined Fletcher Moss Rangers, who have provided United with a number of young stars, including Danny Welbeck and Ravel Morrison.After starting out in goal, Rashford quickly established himself as a special talent, and spent a week training with City as an eight-year-old.Ron Jamieson, secretary of Fletcher Moss, toldin 2016: “His brother Dwayne was with him when he came to us.
“We took him to the [Champion of Champions] tournament and all the scouts were there. Everton were very keen and Manchester United. It was advantageous for us to push him towards United so he went there and the rest is history.”River Plate famously turned down the chance to sign Lionel Messi because he was too small.
“When you saw him you would think: this kid can’t play ball. He’s a dwarf, he’s too fragile, too small.“But immediately you’d realise that he was born different, that he was a phenomenon and that he was going to be something impressive.”By that age, the Argentine was already a phenomenon, having scored almost 500 goals in six years at the Rosario club.But while there was no doubt about Messi’s talent, his physicality threatened his future as a professional footballer.
His treatment required painful, nightly injections, and the cost of $1,000-a-month was not sustainable in an Argentine economy which had recently collapsed.Newell’s Old Boys initially agreed to help foot the bill, but quickly retracted their offer, then River Plate wanted Messi, but also decided not to cover the costs.
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