Marcus Rashford found an unexpected saviour in Jamie Carragher after he shut down Gary Neville’s attempts to talk about him.Rashford is back at Old Trafford after his dream permanent move to Barcelona failed to materialise, and looks set to be a Manchester United player again this season after making his return on the pitch.Rashford made his first Man United appearance in 20 months against AC Milan on SaturdayGettyThe 28-year-old made his first appearance for his boyhood club for almost two years against AC Milan on Saturday.With the Red Devils falling to a 4-2 defeat in their final pre-season friendly, Rashford came on to log his first minutes for the club since December 2024.After loan spells with Aston Villa and Barcelona, the England star has now been welcomed back by manager Michael Carrick.It represents a dramatic turnaround for Rashford, whose United career looked to be over when he left to join Villa on loan in January 2025 after being frozen out by former boss Ruben Amorim.Touchy subjectWith Rashford’s return to Man United a major talking point this summer, it was a fiery topic of discussion on The Overlap.In a clip from an upcoming episode of the podcast, Neville tries to raise the subject, only to be shot down by co-host Carragher.The Man United legend begins: “Marcus Rashford, what do we think? Last question.”Visibly annoyed, Carragher responds: “Oh f****** hell! Can we do a podcast without mentioning Rashford? Stop it! Oh my God.“It’s like the Trent [Alexander-Arnold] and Rashford [podcast]. There was like a little part of the podcast – the Trent part or the Rashford part.”Neville then jokingly quips: “How is Trent?”, to which Carragher replies: “Oh my God!”View Tweet: https://t.co/eZveC0eT8jRashford returned to the United fold wearing the No.9 jersey against AC Milan, and Neville was keen to discuss his comebackGettyTrying to clarify his choice to bring up Rashford, Neville continues: “No, but he’s come back to United.”But Carragher was having none of this, firing back: “So what? Oh my God. He’s just a good player for Man United!”Rashford respondsCarragher and Neville’s interaction quickly began to circulate online, and eventually found its way to Rashford himself.And the forward was quick to thank Liverpool icon Carragher for sticking up for him, as he gave a pointed response on social media.He wrote on X: “Thanks, Jamie.“It would be great to be able to get my head down and play football without my name being mentioned every day,” followed by a crying emoji.Rashford and Carragher saw eye-to-eye about Neville’s attempts to discuss the England starGettyWith Man United just days away from their Premier League opener against newly-promoted Hull, few would have expected to see Rashford involved at the start of the summer.However, after spending last season on loan at Barcelona, the Englishman saw his hopes of joining them permanently fall apart when England teammate Anthony Gordon completed a £70million move from Newcastle to the Camp Nou.With a move elsewhere not materialising since then, United boss Carrick now appears buoyed by the prospect of Rashford staying at the club.Carrick said during pre-season: “He’s our player, you know, and he’s come back great. He’s just like any other player.“I’ve known Marcus a long time and, you know, he gives us something a little bit different. He’s been in great spirits since he’s been back.“He’s been back two or three days training and it’s just pretty normal, to be honest.Michael Carrick has spoken positively about the reintegration of his old Man United teammate RashfordGetty“We’re looking forward to the start of the season.”