Roy Keane destroys Marcus Rashford with brutal comment on Man Utd exile
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has pulled no punches with his latest assessment of Marcus Rashford's situation at Old Trafford, with the exiled striker still no closer to an exit before the transfer deadline
by Alex Richards · The MirrorRoy Keane has told Marcus Rashford he should be “ashamed” of his Manchester United exile.
Rashford has not played for the club since December 12, in the 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League. He has since made public his desire to leave the club for a new challenge, while head coach Ruben Amorim has told him he "has to change" to have any chance of a future at Old Trafford.
Rashford's camp have held talks with a number of clubs this month over a potential move, but no offer has been forthcoming ahead of Monday's transfer deadline to lure United to the negotiating table. Rashford has not been included in recent squads and was again missing for Thursday's trip to face FSCB in Romania - despite training with the group on Wednesday.
That followed a period of working by himself at Carrington, and also Amorim's brutal blast after the win over Fulham on Sunday night, where he said he'd prefer to have his 63-year-old goalkeeping coach on the bench as an option than Rashford right now.
Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, a furious Keane said: “I can’t get involved in the conversation, I still can’t understand at any level. Whatever’s going on with players leaving, months left on contracts, a player who doesn’t train properly…I don’t understand it.
“You might as well leave me out of this conversation. Especially if you think he wants to move, which is more of a reason to train properly so when you go to a new club you’re up to speed and when you leave the club at least you showed a decent attitude. He must be ashamed.”
United's all-time record goalscorer Wayne Rooney revealed he had seen Rashford working alone with a fitness coach in front of parents when he took his children to the club’s Carrington training headquarters.
He said: “I went into Carrington on Sunday to take my kids to game day and Marcus Rashford was out on the training pitch with the fitness coach, but he was right over towards where the parents were walking past for the kids’ games. I looked at him thinking how embarrassing it must be for him as parents walk past.”
Indeed, Rooney admitted he had spoken to Rashford and told him he needed to leave the club if he was to resurrect his career.
He said: “I’ve spoken to Marcus a couple of times and I’ve given him my thoughts and feelings that he needs to leave the football club because whatever is going on his life and at Manchester United, he’s not the same. For him to have a fresh start, he needs to leave the club.”
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