Ronnie Stanley grew up loving soccer, but after becoming an NFL star he got an inside perspective on the beautiful game. Together with fellow Baltimore Ravens teammate DeAndre Hopkins, they ran into Marcus Rashford at a Super Bowl in Miami and swapped stories about what it is like being an athlete at the top of your game.

Things fell flat for Rashford at Manchester United and Ruben Amorim made clear he was better off elsewhere, but the 27-year-old has moved to another iconic club in Barcelona as he looked to revitalise his career; a recall to the England squad for the September internationals indicate it has been a promising start.

Stanley took a lot from the chat with Rashford but has also been taken by the rivalry between United and Manchester City , with the Blues dominating the l

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