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Wayne Rooney reveals what he’s told Marcus Rashford about leaving Manchester United
Marcus Rashford is pushing to leave Manchester United before the end of the January transfer window (Getty) Wayne Rooney has revealed that he has told Marcus Rashford to leave Manchester United and says he was ’embarrassed’ to see the England forward training on his own at Carrington last weekend. Rashford has already made it clear that he wants to leave United after he said in December that he is looking to find a ‘new challenge’ away from Old Trafford. The 27-year-old’s brother and agent, Dwaine Maynard, travelled to Italy earlier this month to negotiate with AC Milan but an agreement has not been reached with the Serie A club. It’s understood that Rashford’s preferred destination is Barcelona, although his £325,000-a-week salary is a major obstacle for the Catalan club, who are under strict financial constraints from La Liga. Rashford has not featured in United’s last 11 matches and Rooney has revealed that his former teammate continues to train alone while Ruben Amorim’s side are playing their matches. ‘I went into Carrington on Sunday to take my kids to game day and Marcus 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,’ Rooney said on The Overlap. Marcus Rashford has not featured in Manchester United’s last 11 matches (PA) ‘I remember looking at him and I was thinking if that was me there… how embarrassing is it that the parents are walking past. ‘It’s all getting re-done so they’re on the academy side, so he’s there and all the parents are walking past.’ Meanwhile, Roy Keane was furious after Amorim suggested that Rashford continues to be left out of United’s matchday squads because he is not ‘giving his maximum every day’. ‘I can’t get involved in the conversation,’ Keane said. ‘I still can’t understand at any level, whatever’s going on with players leaving, he’s got four years left, he’s got four months left, 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, well that’s even more so to train properly so when you go to a new club you think you’re up to speed and when you leave the club at least you showed a decent attitude. So all these things getting thrown at him… he must be ashamed.’ Wayne Rooney has described Marcus Rashford’s situation as ‘really sad’ (The Overlap) Asked if he was surprised by claims that Rashford has not been training hard enough, Rooney replied: ‘I was surprised when this started over two years ago, I was surprised then, now I’m not. ‘I’ve spoken to Marcus a couple of times, I’ve given him my thoughts, my opinion, I’ve said you need to need to leave the football club. ‘Because whatever is going on in his life, whatever is going on at Manchester United, he’s not the same, it’s not him, so I said for him to have a fresh start he needs to leave the club. ‘But I agree with Roy, the fact the manager has come out saying you’re not training right is crazy. ‘When I asked Alex Ferguson to leave the club, I still come in and trained every single day, worked every single day, and Fergie outed me about two months after I asked to leave. So managers do it at the right time as well when they need to get rid of a player, I got injured, Scholesey took me out, and then that was Fergie’s chance to come out and have a go at me and bring it all to the table. ‘I think with Marcus it’s been going on for two years and it’s sad, it’s really sad.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Wayne Rooney has revealed that he has told Marcus Rashford to leave Manchester United and says he was ’embarrassed’ to see the England forward training on his own at Carrington last weekend.
Rashford has already made it clear that he wants to leave United after he said in December that he is looking to find a ‘new challenge’ away from Old Trafford.
The 27-year-old’s brother and agent, Dwaine Maynard, travelled to Italy earlier this month to negotiate with AC Milan but an agreement has not been reached with the Serie A club.
It’s understood that Rashford’s preferred destination is Barcelona, although his £325,000-a-week salary is a major obstacle for the Catalan club, who are under strict financial constraints from La Liga.
Rashford has not featured in United’s last 11 matches and Rooney has revealed that his former teammate continues to train alone while Ruben Amorim’s side are playing their matches.
‘I went into Carrington on Sunday to take my kids to game day and Marcus 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,’ Rooney said on The Overlap.
‘I remember looking at him and I was thinking if that was me there… how embarrassing is it that the parents are walking past.
‘It’s all getting re-done so they’re on the academy side, so he’s there and all the parents are walking past.’
Meanwhile, Roy Keane was furious after Amorim suggested that Rashford continues to be left out of United’s matchday squads because he is not ‘giving his maximum every day’.
‘I can’t get involved in the conversation,’ Keane said.
‘I still can’t understand at any level, whatever’s going on with players leaving, he’s got four years left, he’s got four months left, 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, well that’s even more so to train properly so when you go to a new club you think you’re up to speed and when you leave the club at least you showed a decent attitude. So all these things getting thrown at him… he must be ashamed.’
Asked if he was surprised by claims that Rashford has not been training hard enough, Rooney replied: ‘I was surprised when this started over two years ago, I was surprised then, now I’m not.
‘I’ve spoken to Marcus a couple of times, I’ve given him my thoughts, my opinion, I’ve said you need to need to leave the football club.
‘Because whatever is going on in his life, whatever is going on at Manchester United, he’s not the same, it’s not him, so I said for him to have a fresh start he needs to leave the club.
‘But I agree with Roy, the fact the manager has come out saying you’re not training right is crazy.
‘When I asked Alex Ferguson to leave the club, I still come in and trained every single day, worked every single day, and Fergie outed me about two months after I asked to leave. So managers do it at the right time as well when they need to get rid of a player, I got injured, Scholesey took me out, and then that was Fergie’s chance to come out and have a go at me and bring it all to the table.
‘I think with Marcus it’s been going on for two years and it’s sad, it’s really sad.’
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