With every Manchester United-related headline focusing on Romelu Lukaku at the moment, Marcus Rashford's role at the club has been somewhat cast aside.

Jose Mourinho's intentions for the 2017/18 season appear to be using Lukaku as a sole striker, meaning Rashford may have to settle for the wing.

The 19-year-old, however, believes he and his new Belgian teammate can form a partnership worthy of replacing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney, who both left this summer.

"It's obviously going to be different [without Rooney and Ibrahimovic]," he said when asked how United will cope, "but there was a time when they weren't the people they were.

"We have to change and develop to become what they were.

"Wayne just let me get on with it. If something was going a bit out of line he definitely would have stepped in knowing him as a person.

"I don't think he needed to. He was always there to give me advice if I needed some. Losing that type of character is difficult but it's football, we have to move on."

Rashford believes he and Lukaku can both play as strikers for United - which would, of course, require Mourinho to alter his formation to 4-4-2.

Much will depend on how they perform when the new season begins, but according to Manchester Evening News, Mourinho still very much intends on using Rashford as a striker in the future.

When the Englishman so famously burst on to the scene for United under Louis van Gaal last year, he was given the No.39 shirt.

But when Van Gaal was sacked and Mourinho arrived, one of the Portuguese's first acts was ordering Rashford to change to No.19, instead of a different number.

And why? Well, M.E.N claim that Mourinho wanted Rashford to wear a better number but for it to still contain the number nine, because he's a goalscorer.

The No.9 was already taken by Ibrahimovic, of course, so Rashford agreed to taking No.19 in the knowledge Mourinho had faith he will one day be United's main striker.

Mourinho will only hope his trust isn't misplaced, though initial signs suggest Rashford has the makings of a world-class striker.

Fast, skilful and deadly in one-on-one situations, the England international is constantly improving at United and has all the foundations he needs to fulfil his potential.