But you are raising an important point about Ronaldo. Why is Rashford thriving so well now? Could he have thrived the same way when Ronaldo was still at Manchester United? At Real Madrid Ronaldo behaved like a king but also played like a king. At Manchester United Ronaldo only behaved like a king and that is poison for the team spirit. Now Rashford is taking responsibility and he has grown into that role and he is a real leader by producing strong performances and results reliably.
I am not optimistic with Manchester United have potential winning on playoff round against Barcelona if Cristiano Ronaldo still there, have many problem with attacking line should give chance for Ronaldo scoring goals than priority the other player. I talked about fact how Rashford consistency scoring goals on every matches actually after Cristiano Ronaldo reach mutual contract with Manchester United and have top performance after FIFA World Cup over.
Right now Rashford have answered with public's doubt about Cristiano Ronaldo effect after leaving Manchester United, consistency on top fourth standing in Primer League and success qualify to 16th on Europe League seems have been enough for Manchester fan's forget with Ronaldo and build their dreaming with Rashford.
I wouldn't go that far because internationally Ronaldo has always proven how strong he is and also, nobody knows whether ten Haag would have even let him play against Barcelona. Saying that Manchester United would have lost because of him is too much if you ask me. But it is a fact that Manchester United has stabilized and is less of a topic for drama in the public since Ronaldo left. They can focus more on what is actually important and that is good training and good soccer games.