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The black-and-white mural by an unknown artist
was found on a wall covered in graffiti on the bank of a canal
near Old Trafford, Manchester United's stadium in the northern
English city.
It depicts Rashford, wearing an England strip, with children
standing on either side of him, as if seen from the inside of a
doorway. Rashford has his right foot raised and flexed.
A replica of the famous black door of Number 10 Downing Street,
official residence and workplace of British prime ministers,
lies on the ground in front of the mural, creating the illusion
that Rashford has just kicked it down.
The eye-catching artwork refers to Rashford's decisive role in
pressuring Johnson's government into extending and improving the
provision of food parcels for poor children during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Rashford, 23, drew on his own experience of relying on food
parcels as a boy growing up in poverty in Manchester to mount a
powerful campaign that drew widespread praise and turned him
into a hero beyond the soccer pitch.
(Reporting by Molly Darlington, writing by Estelle Shirbon,
editing by Ed Osmond)
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