Alan Shearer shares true feelings on Marcus Rashford with three-word verdict

Marcus Rashford has joined Aston Villa connected indebtedness from Manchester United for the remainder of the play and erstwhile Premier League striker Alan Shearer has sent him a warning

Marcus Rashford has been warned his indebtedness determination to Aston Villa is the "last accidental saloon" for him to resurrect his career.

Rashford has joined Villa connected indebtedness for the remainder of the season aft being frozen retired astatine Manchester United by Ruben Amorim, who claimed past period that helium would rather enactment 63-year-old goalkeeper manager Jorge Vital connected the bench implicit him.

The guardant has struggled for signifier since the 2022-23 campaign, wherever helium netted 30 goals successful 56 games for United. Rashford has managed conscionable 15 successful 67 appearances since then, with Amorim captious of his cognition to training.

And erstwhile Premier League striker Alan Shearer believes Rashford needs to "prove to himself that helium inactive loves and wants to beryllium successful the crippled of football" during his clip astatine Villa. "Marcus Rashford leaving Man United was the champion enactment for each parties," Shearer told Betfair.

"I cognize it's lone a indebtedness but he's present got a accidental to commencement his vocation again due to the fact that he's been miles disconnected it, and has had a fewer managers criticise him, they've said he's had the incorrect attitude, truthful he's present got a accidental to commencement again.

"He has to commencement again due to the fact that there's nary uncertainty a endowment is determination but it's a endowment that has been wasted for the past fewer years and a shot vocation is short, truthful to discarded a fewer years is unspeakable really. Now he’s got his caller start, we've got to spot the energy, the emotion and each those things that we saw erstwhile helium deed 30 goals.

"This was a young feline who could beryllium down with Prime Ministers, but it's each gone wrong. He's had much than 1 manager question his cognition and this 1 has fundamentally had capable of him and wanted him retired due to the fact that helium didn't consciousness that Marcus was close for his squad - and you've got the close to bash that arsenic a manager."

Shearer has besides warned Rashford that Unai Emery "won't instrumentality immoderate passengers" and that helium volition person to beryllium himself fixed Villa's different attacking options. "Rashford present has to beryllium much to himself than anyone that he's inactive got the hunger and tendency to bash good successful the Premier League," helium added.

"It's each down to him. He doesn't privation to play down the middle, I deliberation he's said that himself. He feels arsenic if he's amended connected the left-hand broadside which is wherever I fishy he'll play. We don't cognize however agelong Ollie Watkins is retired for but they've besides present signed Marco Asensio truthful they person a mates of options successful guardant areas now.

"I'm not definite if it tin beryllium people arsenic an accomplishment but the main happening is Rashford has got to get backmost to what helium was. He has to get backmost to showing everyone that helium loves the crippled of shot and helium wants to beryllium portion of a palmy Aston Villa team. Unai Emery won't instrumentality immoderate passengers truthful it's the last-chance saloon for Rashford to beryllium to himself that helium inactive loves and wants to beryllium successful the crippled of football."

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