Gary Neville slams Man Utd's Marcus Rashford and Casemiro for 'unprofessional' US trips

Marcus Rashford jetted disconnected to the US during the planetary break, with erstwhile Man Utd skipper Gary Neville criticising the guardant for a perceived deficiency of wisdom

Gary Neville has branded Marcus Rashford “unprofessional” for jetting disconnected to New York during the planetary break.

Manchester United striker Rashford took afloat vantage of his continued England omission by flying to the States for a mini-break, wherever he took successful a New York Knicks hoops game.

Rashford was back successful Manchester to commencement grooming nether caller brag Ruben Amorim connected Monday, but erstwhile United skipper Neville claimed the 27-year-old showed a deficiency of professionalism with his Stateside jaunt.

“The professionalism, looking aft your assemblage and making definite you’re champion prepared for the adjacent grooming league is captious to each determination you marque during the season,” said Neville connected the Stick To Football podcast from Sky Bet.

“He has got a intelligence break, he’s got to get distant and has got to remainder with friends - past you speech astir the prime of venue. How acold bash you fly? What’s the clip difference? Is that going to springiness a pitchy lag contented Is that going to springiness a stiffness contented from being connected a formation for 12 hours?”

United midfielder Casemiro besides jetted disconnected to the States during the planetary break, with Neville besides castigating the 32-year-old Brazil prima for the perceived deficiency of contented implicit making specified a trip.

“This is connected Casemiro much than Rashford, but if I’m 30 years aged and I’m looking aft my assemblage – and he’s won 5 Champions Leagues and is an unbelievable subordinate - but if helium was distant with Brazil for 10 days, we would accidental helium would conflict this play due to the fact that he’s been away,” said Neville.

“They [Casemiro and Marcus Rashford] person chosen that planetary break. If you're talking astir the insignificant details successful being arsenic nonrecreational arsenic you tin beryllium and arsenic prepared you tin beryllium for a grooming league connected a Monday night, that isn’t the champion prime of venue.”

“I’m not that coiled up astir Rashford and Casemiro going implicit to the United States, but what I’m asking is, if you’ve got a four-day break, Portland is simply a 12-hour formation and an eight-hour clip difference, your jet-lag is bad, and you consciousness a spot [rough].

“They went to Portland, and I’m asking the question based connected professionalism - you’re playing badly, the squad are losing, you're 13th successful the league, and there's a caller manager coming successful – would you take that travel arsenic a interruption to recharge your batteries? That’s not a recharging trip. It’s not close that.”

Another erstwhile United captain, Roy Keane, claimed making specified trips during breaks successful the play and present communal signifier for the modern-day multi-millionaire footballer.

“For Rashford and each these lads, going to the United States and going connected backstage jets, immoderate they're doing – similar hoops - that’s the norm for them,” said Keane.

“We’re sitting determination and going ‘all the mode to the States?’ They would deliberation the States is nary large deal. We mightiness see the agelong flights and the jet-lag, but that's their norm. If they were sitting here, they would accidental ‘What are you talking about? This is my beingness and it’s what I do’.”

Arsenal fable Ian Wright said determination would beryllium nary furore implicit Rashford's US travel if the guardant – who has not scored successful his las 8 games – was uncovering the nett regularly.

“Casemiro and Rashford are taking a accidental that this is going to beryllium criticised if they don’t play well,” said Wright. “They're accepting what’s to come. It puts you nether unit but past abruptly you tin spot however rapidly it volition change, if Rashford doesn’t bash good successful his archetypal game, and successful the adjacent 2 oregon 3 games helium scores - cipher cares. He’ll spell determination other due to the fact that abruptly it doesn’t substance to radical anymore.”

Neville, Keane and Wright were speaking connected the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet

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