MANCHESTER UNITED legend Paul Scholes claims wantaway star Marcus Rashford should be “banished” from the dressing room amid the ongoing saga regarding his future.
Rashford, 27, hasn’t played for United since December 12 and admitted last month he is “ready for a new challenge”.
Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim has left him out of the squad for every game since his last appearance apart from one, in which he was an unused substitute.
Amorim also omitted the forward from Sunday’s 1-0 victory at Fulham suggesting he is so unhappy with the way he trains he would rather pick 63-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital ahead of him.
Scholes addressed the ongoing drama and criticised the England international’s attitude as he “let a lot of people down”.
The United legend warned Rashford that he’s making the same mistake he committed years ago when he asked Sir Alex Ferguson not to play in a cup game against Arsenal.
The ex-England international believes he should be banned from the dressing room as he sets the wrong example for younger players.
Scholes told Sky Bet’s The Overlap: “I think Marcus has let a lot of people down with his attitude and I think that’s what the manager is trying to say.
“You think of the young players coming through the team and think of [Alejandro] Garnacho.
“They’re looking up to people like Marcus now and he’s 27, he’s clearly not training properly, he’s not living his life properly. They’re the examples these people should look at.
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“I remember years ago when I told the manager [Ferguson] I didn’t want to play in that Arsenal cup game.
“The meeting we had afterwards, I thought I was going to get a right b********g here, he said to me, ‘The worst thing you did was let your teammates down’. And that really stuck with me.
“Because I wasn’t really thinking about that and now I think Marcus Rashford is doing exactly the same.
“Ok, he’s not refusing to play, but in the way he is behaving and the way he’s training…
“In a way, he’s saying he doesn’t want to be involved with the team and the fact of letting his teammates down, he should be banished from the dressing room.
“If he’s in and around that and young people are seeing that as an example, the sooner he’s gone the better.”
