- Obama who served as US president from 2009 to 2017 has praised the Man United youngster not only because he’s a better athlete but because of his dynamism, his love for reading and how the next generation of leaders can be lifted.
The 44th President and the first African-American President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama II, has showered encomiums on an English footballer, Marcus Rashford who plays as an attacker for English Premier League club, Manchester United.
The former American president said this in a statement made today via his official account on the microblogging and social media platform, Twitter.
Obama who served as US president from 2009 to 2017 has praised the Man United Starboy not only because he’s a better athlete but because of his dynamism, his love for reading and how the next generation of leaders can be lifted.
Rashford and Obama had a discussion in a video uploaded by the former American president via his official verified Twitter page @BarackObama.
Marcus Rashford
A member of the Democratic Party, Obama, hailed the 23-year-old united striker, noting that the youngster is way better than him when he was 23.
In his statement:
“@MarcusRashford is way ahead of where I was at 23—and not just because he’s a better athlete. It was great talking with him about everything from our shared love of reading to how we can lift up the next generation of leaders.
.@MarcusRashford is way ahead of where I was at 23—and not just because he’s a better athlete. It was great talking with him about everything from our shared love of reading to how we can lift up the next generation of leaders. pic.twitter.com/mRF8H4JVbG
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 28, 2021