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title: "Mourinho: Rashford too good for England Under-21s"
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published: "2017-04-21T18:39:11Z"
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# Mourinho: Rashford too good for England Under-21s

Manchester United manager José Mourinho has suggested that it would not make sense for Marcus Rashford to play for England at this summer’s Under-21 European Championship.

Rashford has hit a rich vein of form recently, scoring three goals in his last four matches – including an extra-time winner against Anderlecht on Thursday night to send United through to the Europa League semi-finals – and is eligible to play for Aidy Boothroyd’s side in Poland.

However, the 19-year-old is already a regular for the senior England side, having become the youngest Three Lions player to play at a European Championship when he came on as a substitute against Wales in France last summer.

![Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2017/04/658006284.jpg)

When asked whether it would good for Rashford to play for England’s under-21s this summer, Mourinho said (via [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/10845290/jose-against-rashford-u21-berth)):

> *I don’t want to go in that direction.*
>
> *I just feel that when a player reaches a certain level, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to drop levels.*
>
> *It’s like now I am going to play in the under-23s to win, let’s say a derby against Man City? No.*
>
> *Nicky Butt doesn’t take him to play that game. He could by age, so when you reach a certain level – and he’s reached that level for a long time – I don’t think it makes sense, but the power is in their \[England’s\] hands.*