Jose Mourinho praised Marcus Rashford following his successful free school meals campaign, describing the Manchester United forward he knows well as a “man with principles”.
Rashford’s lobbying of the United Kingdom government led to a U-turn as the food voucher scheme for vulnerable school children was extended beyond term time, with the subject close to the player’s heart due to his own childhood experiences.
The 22-year-old, who has spoken about his own reliance on free school meals and food banks when growing up, had already helped charity FareShare reach a goal of supplying three million meals to the vulnerable by the end of June.
Mourinho worked with Rashford during his time in charge of United and, as he prepares to come up against his former employers on Friday, has championed the England international for his off-field work.
“He did amazingly well, I congratulate him on that,” the Spurs boss told the media ahead of the Premier League fixture.
“It’s a bit strange for me that one football player can make it happen and, if it happens, it’s because the government realises it is the right thing to do.
The government shouldn’t wait for one player to come out publicly and put some pressure on them for that to happen.
“The 18-year-old kid I met a few years ago to be now a man, and a man with principles.
“To fight for kids very similar too him when he was a young kid is something very nice from Marcus.”
Rashford’s focus on Friday will be dealing his old boss a serious blow as Spurs attempt to claw back the gap to United in the table.
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