{"id":16592,"date":"2025-07-26T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:09:54","slug":"rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashford has named Real Madrid icon as his biggest opponent over Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi\/#Sign_of_Marcus_Rashford_from_Man_Utd\" >Sign of Marcus Rashford from Man Utd<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi\/#Ballon_dOr_Power_Ranking_2025\" >Ballon d&#8217;Or Power Ranking (2025)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/rashford-has-named-real-madrid-icon-as-his-biggest-opponent-over-lionel-messi\/#Rashford_is_calling_Cristiano_Ronaldo_the_best_he_played_against\" >Rashford is calling Cristiano Ronaldo the best he played against.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The new Barcelona called the Real Madrid icon to Marcus Rashford the best icon he&#8217;d ever performed before the legendary Lionel Messi of Now Camp.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"marcus-rashford-signs-for-barcelona-from-man-utd\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_of_Marcus_Rashford_from_Man_Utd\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Sign of Marcus Rashford from Man Utd<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The forwards are officially competing for the loan moves from Manchester United to Know Camp during the season, with Barca also having the option to buy the Rashford for the first \u00a326 million next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Rashford became the first British to sign Barcelona since Gary Reinker, who did it in 1986. Rashford, who took the Catalan Giants and the shirt number 14, quickly praised the current Barcelona Starramine Yamal and is known as &#8220;one of the world&#8217;s leading players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very special talent and for me, I definitely feel that last season he&#8217;s one of the world&#8217;s leading players, if not the best. Everyone wants to play for the best team. I want to play with them on the pitch. Maybe I can help them. They can help me.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                      \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"5c48-4acc-88eb1b58a8f0\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"w-img \"><\/div>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\">Related<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ballon_dOr_Power_Ranking_2025\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\tBallon d&#8217;Or Power Ranking (2025)<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Who is your favorite of the famous awards? <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rashford will also face England teammates Trent Alexander Arnold and Jude Bellingham at El Clasico in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Marcus Rashford man utd statistics<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>game<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>426<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>the goal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>138<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>assist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>77<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Red card<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Trophy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"rashford-calls-cristiano-ronaldo-best-he-rsquo-s-played-against\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rashford_is_calling_Cristiano_Ronaldo_the_best_he_played_against\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Rashford is calling Cristiano Ronaldo the best he played against.<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When I spoke to ESPN in 2017, when Soccer 365 broadcast, Rashford was asked to see the best player he played or not.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker said that, still just two years after his professional career, Cristiano Ronaldo was the best he came up with during his time at the Bernabeu. However, he also named former Red Devils teammate Wayne Rooney, Barcelona legend Lionel Messi and Brazilian star Neymar.<\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-pullquote\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"emaki-custom pullquote\" id=\"custom_block_13\">\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Ronaldo of the Super Cup (2017) &#8211; he only rode for about 20 minutes, but it&#8217;s amazing if you look at his movements and how he&#8217;s changed to where he is now.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Ronaldo, Messi, Rooney, Neymar &#8211; everyone knows good football when they see it, and that&#8217;s what I want to see too. Especially when you&#8217;re young, you try to emulate a lot of those players until you find your identity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Former Real Madrid, Barcelona and Brazilian striker Ronaldo also mentioned from Rashford, highlighting the World Cup display.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ronaldo in Brazil has the biggest performance of the World Cup, and he was the most enjoyable thing to watch. There were a lot of top players who played at the World Cup and went to another level.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Barcelona called the Real Madrid icon to Marcus Rashford the best icon he&#8217;d ever performed before the legendary Lionel Messi of Now Camp. 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