Marcus Rashford ‘has NO respect’ for Erik ten Hag, claims Chris Sutton

Another week, one other drawback for Erik ten Hag and Manchester United and this time it comes with a well-recognized title connected. 

Marcus Rashford’s obvious disaffection with life at Old Trafford has come to the boil after he missed Sunday’s win at Newport following a visit to Belfast.

Rashford, we’re advised, was unwell over the weekend and subsequently not match sufficient to journey with Ten Hag and his staff to South Wales. 

However, after being seen socialising in Belfast on Wednesday evening, it now seems that the 26-year-old was out within the Irish metropolis on Thursday as nicely. 

Reports have since claimed Rashford went on a 12-hour tequila bender within the metropolis on the Thursday. A waitress advised The Sun that the United star was out ‘consuming all day’ along with his entourage and on arriving again at his lodge at 3am he was so drunk that he ‘handed out’ whereas totally dressed. 

He then flew again to Manchester from Belfast on a non-public jet, touching down at 8am earlier than calling in sick for coaching.

United supervisor Ten Hag has not denied that Rashford was out each Wednesday and Thursday evening, and has not taken the chance to refute recommendations he has been lied to by his star participant. 

Not surprisingly, the matter was a scorching matter on at present’s ‘It’s All Kicking Off’ podcast with Mail Sport star columnist and Premier League winner Chris Sutton fast to tear in to Rashford for his alleged lack of self-discipline.

‘Marcus Rashford is sort of a good few Manchester United gamers at this second in time,’ mentioned Sutton.

‘He thinks he is untouchable. This hasn’t been the primary time the place he is had a misdemeanour. It’s been steady. He has no respect for the supervisor and no respect for his teammates. That’s the underside line.

‘He’s in all probability considering he’s going to outlast Ten Hag anyway however he is uncontrolled so far as I can see.’

United sources advised the media on the finish of final week that Rashford had turn into unwell after his evening in Belfast on Wednesday and missed coaching due to that. 

It was subsequent to this that photos of him out in Ireland on Thursday additionally emerged. So far this has not been denied by Rashford or certainly the membership.

Rashford has been within the highlight earlier than for the unsuitable causes since Ten Hag grew to become supervisor at first of the 2022-23 marketing campaign. 

Last season he was dropped for a sport at Wolves after being late for a staff assembly whereas final autumn he was spoken to by his supervisor after going out to have fun his birthday after taking part in in a United aspect outplayed and outclassed by Manchester City in a 3-0 derby defeat.

Speaking on IAKO, Mail Sport Football Editor Ian Ladyman puzzled whether or not this will likely now be a case of ‘three strikes and out’ for Rashford.

‘It’s unbelievable,’ replied Sutton.

‘He is 26 now, Marcus Rashford. He has such an absence of respect for the supervisor. He’s making his emotions fairly clear, is not he?

‘I really feel sorry for Ten Hag, however basically we all know which approach that is going to go. Ten Hag will finally find yourself leaving and Rashford will keep on and all of the Manchester United followers additional down the road will love Marcus once more as a result of he is ‘Manchester United via and thru’. But his actions have been totally disgraceful.’

Ten Hag has drawn a agency line within the sand within the pursuit of self-discipline and squad concord since being employed from Ajax. He was fast to maneuver Cristiano Ronaldo on and this season stood agency over Jadon Sancho, who has been loaned to Borussia Dortmund after refusing to apologise for taking a swipe at his supervisor on social media.

‘I’ll say a pair issues right here,’ mentioned Ladyman on IAKO.

‘I do not know what Rashford’s view is on that is, whether or not he is feeling unfairly maligned or put upon or unfairly criticised. I truly do not know.

‘But what I do know is that at Manchester United, there’s a view throughout the soccer membership that Rashford is just not having Ten Hag. That is what they really feel inside that soccer membership. That is what they really feel. That has been communicated to me.

‘And if that is the case, then it appears Ten Hag clearly is ready to die on this hill of self-discipline. We’ve seen it with Sancho. Now we have seen it with Rashford. And if he does die on this hill, and if he does go away the soccer membership then respect to him for that.

‘In phrases of Rashford himself, my concern is that if he had been to go away Manchester United – and he’s contracted till 2028 – I believe there is a hazard that he disappears.

‘And what I imply by that – hypothetically – is that if he goes to Chelsea, goes to Tottenham, goes to a membership overseas, he might disappear into that void by which fairly a couple of former Manchester United gamers have fallen beforehand.

‘There is kind of a historical past of gamers leaving Manchester United and never occurring to do very nicely, and he could possibly be one other one.’

Ten Hag’s staff truly performed fairly nicely in beating Newport 4-2 on Sunday within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup. After the sport, nevertheless, captain Bruno Fernandes criticised a few of his team-mates for being grasping.

‘Everyone needed to attain and get their purpose and typically we do not get one of the best resolution for the staff,’ mentioned Fernandes.

This left Sutton perplexed who mentioned: ‘That’s fairly outstanding. The captain of Manchester United popping out publicly and simply telling everyone that it is everybody for themselves. That’s one thing which he ought to be saying throughout the confines of the dressing room. He’s simply letting everyone know that issues aren’t proper.’

United’s subsequent engagement is at Wolves on Thursday evening within the Premier League. Whether Rashford is taken into account for choice might be telling however Ladyman thinks new United investor Jim Ratcliffe and incoming chief govt Omar Berrada have a myriad of squad points to deal with going ahead.

‘They’re going to have an terrible lot of gamers to interchange earlier than lengthy,’ he mentioned.

‘I do know we do not know what’s going to occur with Rashford however Sancho is not coming again anytime quickly. Mason Greenwood is not coming again. Jonny Evans is on a brief contract. How lengthy is Casemiro going to stay round? How lengthy is Christian Eriksen going to stay round? What about Raphael Varane?

‘All these gamers – even when solely half of them go – they have to get replaced. They might not all be adequate or they might not be performing, however they’re our bodies within the squad. They are going to have to be changed.’