I won 13 Premier League titles for Man Utd… Pep Guardiola once told me the shock star he’d ‘take tomorrow’

RYAN GIGGS has revealed Pep Guardiola once hailed Marcus Rashford asManchester United’s best player. And the ex-Manchester City boss said he would sign the Red Devilsforward “tomorrow”. Ryan Giggs has recalled an interesting conversation he once had with Pep Guardiola Credit: AFP Guardiola stepped down as Man City boss at the end of last season Credit: AFP Giggs recalled a chat he had with Guardiola at a dinner hosted by SirAlex Ferguson almost a decade ago. Giggs, 52, said: “I had dinner with Sir Alex and Pep. He has a charityauction where someone bids to have dinner with people. We’ve done itwith (Jurgen) Klopp, Pep and Eric (Cantona). Sign up for the Man United newsletter Thank you! “There were a few of Sir Alex’s friends so there’s about eight of us.Sir Alex sat me next to Pep. I’m gonna say this was about eight ornine years ago. “I’ve gone to Pep, ‘Who do you like at United?’ He said, ‘Well, whodo you think?’ “I went: “De Gea?” He said “No”. “Luke Shaw“, he replied: “No”. “He said, ‘The best player at United is Rashford. I would take him tomorrow’. “I went, ‘Oh right, okay’. It made me think, ‘What is Pep seeing in him?’And that was as a centre-forward.” Rashford is back at United after 18 months away on loan atAston Villa and Barcelona. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK The forward, preparing for tonight’s Champions League tie with Sabahand Sunday’s Manchester derby against City, is trying to win back theOld Trafford fans. Rashford was bombed out by ex-boss Ruben Amorim but the England starhas started the last two matches under Michael Carrick. Giggs, a 13-time Prem winner and legendary left-winger during United’sglory days under Ferguson throughout the 1990s and 2000s, told the RioFerdinand Presents podcast: “I feel a little bit sorry for him becauseI grew up as a winger. “You had me, (Andrei) Kanchelskis, (David) Beckham, Nani. We were all used to the box-to-box. It’s a different dynamic. He’s not a natural wideman. “Marcus has moved from centre-forward where it is sharp littlemovements to up and down, up and down. “I played in a 4-4-2 while they are wide forwards now but thefundamentals don’t change. You still have to track your full-back orbe on the back post if the ball is crossed from the right. Marcus Rashford is back in the Man Utd fold after spells away on loan Credit: Getty “Marcus has maybe a couple of times not stayed with runners or joggedback instead of sprinting. What gets the crowd going at Old Trafford? “If it’s 0-0 after 20 minutes, a goal, a shot or a tackle. That’s whathe has to do. It’s not what he thinks he is on the team to do. Peoplethink goals and assists. “Fans will forgive you for dribbling and getting tackled or hitting ashot over. Not all the time. “But they won’t forgive you for not tracking back. They just won’t. “I love Marcus and I want him to do well. I wasn’t sure if it wasright for him to come back because of the hype around him. It’s a lotof pressure for him. “But he’s got the talent. If he is running at players and trackingback…if he does that for a season then he will be a superstar.” Comment now