Marcus Rashford has insisted a gift he received from former Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo is off limits to everyone.
Rashford and Ronaldo played alongside each other at Old Trafford for just over a year between 2021 and 2022 before the latter left the club following a breakdown in his relationship with manager Erik ten Hag.
Despite Ronaldo moving on, there remains plenty of respect between him and Rashford, who admits the Portuguese star has always one of his idols.
Back in 2018, before returning to United for his second spell, Ronaldo gave Rashford a pair of Nike Air Max 97 CR7 Red trainers worth £145, leading to the United striker posting ‘Thanks for the gift @cristiano’ on Instagram.
Five years on, he has revealed that he has never worn the trainers and refuses to let anyone near them out of fear that they could be ruined.
‘No one can touch them!’ Rashford told host Joe La Puma during an appearance on the TV show Sneaker Shopping.
‘He (Ronaldo) was one of my favourite players growing up. I liked the shoe, I’d love to wear the shoe but if I messed them up then I don’t know what I’d do to myself.
