Marcus Rashford has “let a lot of people down” and needs to move on from Manchester United, says former midfielder Paul Scholes.
England forward Rashford has not played for United since a Europa League win at Viktoria Plzen in mid December.
Speaking after Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League win at Fulham, manager Ruben Amorim said “the reason is the training, what I think a footballer should do in training, in life and every day”.
Scholes, who made over 700 appearances for United, told The Overlap Fan Debate: “I think Marcus has let a lot of people down really, with his attitude, and I think that’s what the manager is trying to say.
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“You think of the young players coming through the team, think of (Alejandro) Garnacho, they’re looking up to people like Marcus now – he’s 27 years of age, and he’s clearly not training properly.
“I remember years ago when I told the manager (Sir Alex Ferguson) I didn’t want to play in an Arsenal game, he said to me ‘the worst thing you did is let your team-mates down’, and that really stuck with me because I wasn’t really thinking about that – and now I think Marcus Rashford, he’s doing exactly the same.
“OK, he’s not refusing to play, but in the way he’s behaving and the way he’s training, in a way he is saying I don’t want to be involved with these.
“So I think the fact of letting your team-mates down in that dressing room – he should be banished from the dressing room really. If he’s in and around that and young people are seeing that as an example, the sooner he’s gone the better.”
Rashford had been linked with a loan move to AC Milan or Barcelona in the transfer window – which closes next week.
United are next in action on Thursday night against FCSB of Romania.
