The celebration of pointing a finger at Rashford’s temple has become a very familiar image recently and the striker has revealed the meaning behind it.
Rashford shared about the celebration
Since the 2022 World Cup, Marcus Rashford has shown impressive performance. The English striker continuously scored and assisted to help MU stick to the top two positions in the Premier League. Rashford’s form becomes even more impressive when placed next to this player’s performance last season.
Also at the end of 2022, Rashford “created” a special celebration. Every time he shoots the opponent’s net, Rashy will move to the corner flagpole area, where the fans are celebrating passionately and put his index finger on his temple.
That celebration of Rashford quickly received the attention of the online community. The player, born in 1997, even registered a copyright for his way of celebrating. Many players also followed Rashford and had a similar celebration after the goal.
Recently, the MU striker revealed the meaning of the above celebration. Sharing in a talk with Rio Ferdinand, Rashy said: “I used to struggle with psychological problems, my own mental health. Those problems are not really related to the performance on the pitch, but mainly revolves around issues outside of life.”
Rashford also admitted that he had many psychological and mental problems after Euro 2020: ” There were so many times last season that my head wasn’t really focused on the game .” Rashford’s share can be the explanation for this striker’s poor performance in the 2021/2022 season.
According to The Athletic, the gesture of pointing to Rashford’s temple came from the suggestion of Rashford’s group of friends. Accordingly, they advised Rashford to celebrate nicely to ignore the criticism off the pitch. The gesture of pointing to the head when celebrating also shows that Rashford is completely focused on football.
