Of course it did. Hence lines like 'his teammates are in awe at his bravery', and Winter's fawning initial tweet. It's not like Winter gets exclusives. Other than the briefs he's had from a few England players, he's almost solely a feature writer.
As said further up in the thread, he was the journalist given a very similar exclusive last season.
He
broke the news about Rashford's doctorate, and writes almost bi-monthly glowing features about him. He's clearly a trusted journalist for Rashford and his team.
There was also a
post from one of the only actual proven 'insiders' last Thursday, saying Rashford's brother had been talking to journalists.