Marcus Rashford tragically saw the messages on his mural in Manchester destroyed by a sudden downpour.
The mural was originally painted last November by renowned street artist Akse as a tribute to the Manchester United star’s work against child food poverty.
But it was defaced by angry English fans after the Three Lions lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, in which Rashford missed a penalty in the decisive shootout.
As a symbol of the rejection of the country’s racist hatred that Rashford and his English teammates received after the final, the graffiti was masked by messages of support.
The messages on the Marcus Rashford mural were tragically destroyed by heavy rain
Messages were left for Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho in response to the insulting defacement of the mural.
The artwork has since been redistributed and repainted by Akse as the number of messages continued to rise.
The thousands of tributes left next to the mural should be removed today for safekeeping in Manchester’s galleries and museums.
The Manchester Art Gallery, the Archives Department of the Central Library, the People’s History Museum, the National Football Museum, the University of Manchester, and the Withington Walls project all helped plan the preservation of the honors.
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Staff from the Manchester Art Gallery and the Central Library Archives were due to begin work later that day, with students from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Cultural Practices also involved.
The parties had hoped that the messages could be used for education and public display in the future.
However, those hopes were dashed after the Greater Manchester area was hit by heavy thunderstorms on Thursday evening.
This has led to flooding in some parts of the region, which has hit the news on the mural on Moorfield Street on Copson Street in the center of the village of Withington.
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While the mural itself was not damaged, many of the heartfelt messages that surround it have been destroyed.
The breathtaking summer heat wave that the country enjoyed this week had allowed more messages to be placed.
It had also helped hundreds of people visit them, with some traveling long distances.
But Thursday night’s wet weather hit the curators and sadly messed up most of the news.
The thunderstorms that struck Manchester have since subsided and the city is expecting hot weather again in the next few days.
This could allow workers to remove and dry the news before further rains, which are believed to hit the area starting Thursday.
