What happened to the boys who stood beside Marcus Rashford and Axel Tuanzebe in viral school picture
A picture taken at Ashton-on-Mersey School has been doing the rounds ahead of this week's World Cup round of 32 game between England and DR Congo.
Marcus Rashford, who could be in line to start for England at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Wednesday, can be seen at the bottom of the photo, leaning forward with his hands on his knees.
Standing to Rashford's right is former Manchester United teammate Axel Tuanzebe. The defender, wearing a burgundy blazer and shirt, is expected to start for DR Congo against Thomas Tuchel's side.
Both attended the state school in Sale, where a number of United academy prospects have attended over the years, including Ryan Giggs, Angel Gomes, Scott McTominay and Kobbie Mainoo.
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Tosin Kehinde and Jimmy Dunne also studied at the building that stands close to the club's Carrington training ground, and featured in the picture alongside Rashford and Tuanzebe. So, what happened to the pair, a decade on?
Tosin Kehinde
Kehinde joined United in 2011 and spent seven years with the club before turning down a contract offer in 2018 to find regular first-team football.
A host of clubs were chasing a move for the talented winger, including Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, but he decided to sign for CD Feirense in 2019, shortly after they finished 16th in the Primeira Liga.
“I didn’t have a great time in Portugal,” he told The Mirror in 2022. “I didn’t play a lot and I felt like I was a bit misled in terms of what they told me before I got there.”
Kehinde was loaned out to Danish top-flight side Randers for the 2019/20 campaign and, after an impressive spell, they made the move permanent.
In total, he made over 100 appearances for Randers before joining Ferencvarosi, the most successful club in Hungary, on a three-year deal. He would go on to lift two league titles.
At the time of writing, Kehinde plays his club football for Turkish second division side Bandırmaspor.
In an interview with the Manchester Evening News in 2021, Kehinde spoke about former teammates Rashford and Tuanzebe after the previously mentioned picture went viral.
"We trained together every day, we went to school with each other every day. Me, Marcus and Axel were in most of the same lessons in school, so I spent most of my teenage life with them," he said.
"They're all quite busy now but I check up on them every so often just to see how they're doing and tell them I'm proud of them."
Jimmy Dunne
Dunne was only 10 years old when he joined United's Belfast-based academy.
Still on the books of United, Dunne played for St Kevin's Boys and Rock Celtic in Ireland before moving to Manchester, where he attended Ashton-on-Mersey School with Rashford and Tuanzebe.
Unlike his former classmates, he failed to make a first-team appearance for the Reds before joining Burnley's development squad in 2016.
"Manchester United is a big club who have been good to me since the age of 10 and they have developed me into the player and person I am now," he said at the time.
He would go on to enjoy loan spells at Barrow, Accrington Stanley, Hearts, Sunderland and Fleetwood Town.
Dunne, who made just a handful of appearances for Burnley's first-team, went on to sign for Queens Park Rangers in the summer of 2021. The 28-year-old captain has gone on to make over 200 appearances for the club.
He has also earned three caps for the Republic of Ireland national team.
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For those unaware, Axel Tuanzebe plays for Championship side Burnley, while Marcus Rashford is still on the books at United following loan spells at Aston Villa and Barcelona.
Topics: Manchester United, Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe, Premier League, England
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