alex hunter's story was heavily linked with the story of manchester united forward marcus rashford, who scored twice on his debut in february 2016. rashford also gave his thoughts on the similarities between him and alex hunter before england's game against iceland during euro 2016: "i actually can't believe how accurate it is, watching alex, it reminds me of my journey." however, ea sports producer mat prior dismissed these links, calling it "a case of life imitating art".