Pranav Nair
Manchester United ace Marcus Rashford to be conferred an honorary doctorate
According to the BBC, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is set to become the youngest recipient of an honorary doctorate from The University of Manchester.
The 22-year-old is to be conferred with the honour for his impeccable efforts in fighting child hunger and also his performances on the field.
This makes him the third United hero to receive the particular honour following club legends Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Alex Ferguson.
In a perfect show of his humility, Rashford took to Twitter to admit he has been humbled by the gesture.
Very humbled, thank you @OfficialUoM ♥️ https://t.co/y16c58oEdB
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) July 15, 2020
He admitted that it is a proud day for him and his family before going on to add that his social work is far from done.
“We still have a long way to go in the fight to combat child poverty in this country, but receiving recognition from your city means we are heading in the right direction, and that means a lot.”
Fans broke club loyalties to congratulate the youngster on his achievement. There have been naysayers too, who are not happy with the award of honour.
For them, we would like to say that this is just an ‘honorary’ doctorate given in response to his contribution to the community as a whole. One of the basic aspects of researchers is to make the world a better place, and Rashford is doing that.
We take a look at how United fans reacted to the news on Twitter.
Twitter reacts as Marcus Rashford is set to receive an honorary doctorate
He really deserves it. Since that kind gesture he shown towards em’ kids have swore never to criticize him again.
— Mastermind (@dami_mastermind) July 15, 2020
Amazing recognition, great work. You would have thought members of elected parliament would have resolved issues like these. However, power and greed corrupts most mindsets.
— TheLegend (@TheLege44593269) July 15, 2020
Well deserved. A breath of fresh air in the industry! I wonder if there are other players who are doing/will do similar now because of Rashford’s example?
— Adrian Brennan (@adrianjbrennan) July 15, 2020
Bet Sir Alex and Sir Bobby are chuffed to find out their Honorary Doctorates have just been down graded!
— John Gurney (@GurneyJohn) July 15, 2020
Congratulation to Marcus. You family, your club and their supporters must be very proud of you.
— Margaret New (@margaretnew4) July 15, 2020
Congratulations @murcusRashford upon ur honorary degree conferred upon u, it shows the great work u have done to help the children in UK and the impact it has on them, keep it up
— Mugamba Ian Pascal (@mugambaian92) July 15, 2020
If more pros were more like Rash we’d live in a better World💪🏻👊🏻
— Peter Z (@PeterZ64983952) July 15, 2020
And the single most deserving one so far well done @MarcusRashford you earned and thoroughly deserve the recognition
— Citizen eco drive #BLM#nopasaran #rise up #GTTO (@leonardi_damian) July 15, 2020
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What a legend
— Mikkel Qvist (@mikkelkoke) July 15, 2020
congratulations! @MarcusRashford you deserve it! keep up the good work! you’re doing a phenomenal job! world class act! from a world class man! your amazing!
— Timothy cullimore (@Timothycullimo1) July 15, 2020
