Gary Neville believes members of Manchester United’s dressing room are conspiring against Marcus Rashford
Gary Neville believes members of Manchester United's dressing room are conspiring against Marcus Rashford
Gary Neville says he feels 'individuals in the dressing room' at Manchester United are conspiring and 'briefing towards' Marcus Rashford behind his back, relatively than putting an arm round his shoulder.
Rashford was omitted from United's squad for the aspect's FA Cup journey to Newport last weekend, with an illness stated to have dominated the ahead out of coaching within the lead-up to their 4-2 win.
Nevertheless, it subsequently emerged that Rashford had been partying in Belfast late into Thursday night – whereas visiting his close good friend Ro-Shaun Williams – and the 26-year-old has been fined £650,000 while being forced to train alone.
Erik ten Hag has since moved to draw a line beneath the episode, insisting the case was 'closed' on Wednesday, and the attacker appears set to be welcomed again into United's squad for his or her Premier League clash with Wolves this evening.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast earlier this week, Neville addressed Rashford's indiscipline and explained how Sir Alex Ferguson would have given the England international a 'dressing down' for offering such an undesirable distraction at such an important stage of the marketing campaign.
Neville again discussed the difficulty on this week's The Overlap and revealed his perception that members of Ten Hag's dressing room have been probably the supply of stories suggesting that players were 'angry' and had begun to turn on Rashford.
'Studying the headlines within the newspapers and the tales, it feels to me that there's a number of individuals briefing towards him,' the former United and England right-back stated on The Overlap.
'There are issues in there that his team-mates are sick of him, he's distant within the dressing room.
There's issues which have come out that imply there are individuals in the dressing room – or related to the dressing room.
'Typically you consider help within the dressing room – who's grabbing a hold of him in that dressing room and saying, "Type your s*** out".'
Legendary ex-United captain Roy Keane stated Rashford had no choice however to hold his palms up and admit that he had been an 'idiot'.
'The penny has to drop for him,' Keane stated.
'Once we went into the dressing room, guys wouldn't pat you on the again and saying, "Nicely accomplished for missing coaching yesterday".
'I came again late one time, I went to Nottingham to observe a reserve match, I'd solely just come to Manchester United and came in 4 or five hours late.
'You're speaking about Marcus getting that safety – typically you're on your own. You're 26, you're an skilled participant in the dressing room.
'You should hold your palms up and say, "I've been an fool".'
In accordance with Keane, Rashford is 'in hassle' if the off-field distractions begin to significantly affect his professionalism and degree of performance.
'He's a young lad, a lot of strain and he's native, nevertheless it doesn't appear to be he's having fun with his soccer anymore,' the previous Republic of Eire midfielder added.
'It goes hand in hand, what is occurring off the pitch and on it.
'Soccer seems to be prefer it's a chore to him, and it shouldn't be. There's strain on everyone there, but he's an enormous participant for Manchester United. He's proven earlier than that he can produce.&
'The automobiles, the watches, all that's great, however don't overlook what comes first – your football.
'Good luck with all that different stuff, but when that is turning into extra necessary than your soccer, then you definitely're in hassle.'
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