Marcus Rashford goes under the needle for new Man United tattoo – after winning a place back at his boyhood club when Barcelona rejected him

Marcus Rashford has shown off a new Manchester United tattoo after it became clear he would be staying at the club this season.The winger, who spent time on loan at Aston Villa and Barcelona over the last two years – not starting for the Red Devils in 626 days until last week – didn’t leave in the summer transfer window.Before he lined up in Michael Carrick’s starting XI for the 5-2 win over Ipswich Town on Sunday, it was announced that the England star would wear the No9 shirt – and that has now been reflected in Rashford’s latest tattoo.The 28-year-old gave fans a glimpse at his abdominal tattoo, which features the five shirt numbers he has worn throughout his career.The numbers ten, 19, and 39, which he previously wore at the club, were already on his stomach, with the No14 he wore at Barcelona last season also added.Rashford also wore nine at Villa, meaning he has killed two birds with one stone with the new ink.  Marcus Rashford has shown off his new Manchester United tattoo after he remained at the club in the summer The forward has his career shirt numbers tattooed onto his abdominals and has added to the collection Celebrity tattoo artist Dale McGovern shared a video showing the process of the art workThe shirts and their numbers are tattooed below the words: ‘What your eyes see can be misleading, never judge a book by its cover’.Upon sharing the snap, Rashford wrote in the caption: ‘New number, Same mission…’He also had a new neck tattoo done, which reads: ‘Love and let be.’ The process was carried out by celebrity tattooist Dale McGovern, who has also worked with the likes of influencer Molly Smith, Leeds defender Jayden Bogle, and Rashford’s team-mate Ayden Heaven.Rashford will hope to now settle at United after it had previously looked as though there was no way back for him at the club.After coming off the bench in the opening day defeat by Hull, Rashford started against Ipswich and provides a more than handy wing option for Michael Carrick.Defender Harry Maguire, meanwhile, believes a ‘happy, driven and hungry’ Rashford can be an enormous asset to Manchester United this season.Barcelona turned down the chance to make Rashford’s loan permanent this summer and he returned to Manchester with questions swirling about whether he could be reintegrated into the squad. He also had a new neck tattoo done by the same artist, which reads: ‘Love and let be’Against Ipswich, he started for United for the first time in 626 days, going all the way back to 2024, and Maguire is convinced that, if Rashford ‘wants to work and wants to improve’, the sky is the limit again in a United shirt.’It’s been really good since he came in,’ Maguire said following the 5-2 win on Sunday.’He’s trained really well and us as players, if Marcus wants to be here and wants to work and wants to improve and wants to help the team, of course, we’re willing to have him in the squad.’He’s a great talent. You’ve seen that he’s always a threat. I think today, I think he was a threat constantly, and I think he could still do a lot more and I think he’ll say that he can do more.’I think if we keep him fit, we keep him happy, he keeps driven, keeps hungry, and I think he is a great asset to have.’