Marcus Rashford reveals what he discussed with Prime Minister Boris Johnson

“Yeah, we spoke on the phone,” Rashford tells UTD Podcast presenters Sam Homewood, Helen Evans and David May. “I just wanted him to understand, basically.

“It’s impossible for him to see it. I said to him, if it makes you more comfortable and you want to see it for yourself, I don’t have a problem. We can drive around [Greater Manchester].

“This was after the letter. We spoke so he’d already managed to understand me a bit more through the letter, but if the letter didn’t work that was the next thing to do. It didn’t have to get to that but, for me, once they do that they’re going to understand everyone a lot more.

“In order to help people, which is what is meant to be the right thing to do, that’s going to have to happen at some stage.”