Gareth Southgate is confident Marcus
Rashford has given Sam Allardyce "food for thought" with his
hat-trick for England's Under-21s on Tuesday night.
The Manchester United striker scored
three times for Southgate's side as they hammered Norway 6-1 to move a step closer to
Euro 2017.
England boss Allardyce watched from
the stands in Colchester on Tuesday as Rashford scored twice before completing
his hat-trick with a cool second-half penalty.
Rashford was left out of Allardyce's
first senior squad for their 1-0 win in Slovakia on Sunday after playing at
Euro 2016 and scoring on his debut against Australia in May.
He also scored the winner for United against Hull City in
their most recent Premier League game and goes into Saturday's Manchester derby
in strong goalscoring form.
England host Malta and go to
Slovenia in their next World Cup Qualifiers next month while the U21s head to
Kazakhstan and welcome Bosnia needing just a win to reach Euro 2017 and
Southgate knows Rashford will be in Allardyce's thoughts.
"I'll speak to Sam in the next
couple of days, I'm sure it's given him food for thought. But he'll be pleased
with some of the performances of his players on Sunday," he said.




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