No other footballer presents such an obvious mismatch between celebrity status and actual on-field performance
Watching Sky Sports News this weekend it was hard not to feel a rush of sympathy for Flex, the YouTube pundit and transfer‑chat expert. Flex seems like a nice bloke. He’s clearly well informed on players and clubs. He seems to genuinely care about this stuff.
On this occasion, however, he was thrown a genuine hospital pass, asked to stand next to a vast picture of Marcus Rashford’s head and talk about, well, basically, the entity that is Marcus Rashford. What is it? Is it good? What can it do? What do you think, Flex, about all this? Basically, Flex, just say Marcus Rashford words.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/03/no-hometown-superstar-mythology-will-help-marcus-rashford-at-aston-villa under the title “No homegrown superstar mythology will help Marcus Rashford at Aston Villa | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
