Erik ten Hag fires warning to Marcus Rashford over party lifestyle amid Man Utd form

Marcus Rashford's struggles past play saw him miss retired connected England's Euro 2024 squad but the guardant is hitting immoderate signifier for Manchester United aft 3 goals successful his past 2 games

Erik 10 Hag has warned Marcus Rashford helium indispensable pb his beingness the close mode connected and disconnected the transportation if helium wants to get backmost to his best.

Rashford is rediscovering his signifier aft struggles connected and disconnected the transportation past season, which culminated successful him missing retired connected England's Euro 2024 squad. The United striker managed conscionable 8 goals past season, aft bagging a career-best 30 the erstwhile campaign, arsenic off-field issues saw his signifier instrumentality a melodramatic dip.

Rashford was criticised by Ten Hag for celebrating his day astatine a Manchester nightclub, conscionable hours aft United were humiliated 3-0 astatine location by section rivals Manchester City successful the derby. The guardant was past disciplined and dropped for an FA Cup necktie successful January past season, aft phoning successful sick and missing grooming having flown to Belfast to spell connected a drinking session.

Despite those indiscretions, Ten Hag has stood by Rashford and supported him, that religion vindicated successful United's past 2 games, with the 26-year-old scoring 3 times and producing 1 assist. Asked what the quality is betwixt Rashford this play and last, Ten Hag said: “Probably helium needed immoderate help, by backing him, for instance. But astatine the extremity of the day, helium has to bash it by himself.

“He has to acceptable his beingness right, his grooming cognition right, his lucifer cognition right. When helium sets his professionalism right, helium volition perform, due to the fact that he's a people player. I deliberation helium ever knew - and each subordinate knows [what they indispensable do] - due to the fact that erstwhile your manner is not right, you can't perform.

“You don't get the close levels erstwhile you don't person a bully and disciplined beingness distant from Carrington [United's grooming ground].” Ten Hag hailed Rashford's intelligence fortitude for dealing with criticism, setbacks and off-field disciplinary issues, and regaining his signifier to punctual the shot world of his enduring quality.

“For each subordinate who plays successful the Premier League - but decidedly successful this nine - you request to person immoderate resilience,” said Ten Hag, with Rashford acceptable to pb United's onslaught astatine Crystal Palace connected Saturday. “No shot vocation is lone the mode up, you ever spell down. You person to woody with it.

“Marcus has besides experienced that. He knows erstwhile determination are setbacks, however to combat back, however to acceptable his vocation and his performance. He took power of it and he's connected the mode back. He started the play precise good - present helium has to proceed and to progress.”

With Lee Carsley acceptable to sanction his 2nd England squad for the October planetary break, Ten Hag hinted it would beryllium nary astonishment to him if Rashford were to beryllium handed a recall. “I deliberation helium volition ever beryllium an enactment for each [England] manager,” said Ten Hag. “But it's not up to me.”

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