da apostebet： Marcus Rashford has been “sh*tting on his own doorstep” at Manchester United and now faces bench duty and a potential transfer, says Paul Parker.

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Winger punished for breach of club disciplineQuestions being asked of his futureHas struggled for form in 2023-24 campaignWHAT HAPPENED?

The England international has been punished for a breach of club discipline at Old Trafford, with the 26-year-old winger spotted attending Belfast nightclubs before returning to England and missing training ahead of an FA Cup clash with Newport County that he ended up playing no part in.

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Rashford has been struggling for form this season and ex-United defender Parker, who won two Premier League titles in his playing days, has told of the approach that the Red Devils need to take with a disruptive influence: “You live and die by the people you play with, and he has to remember that. I think it might end up with Rashford having to find a new club, and the team-mates will have a hard time trusting him. Are they going to trust him? No, because he has been sh*tting on his own doorstep so many times. He needs to think about the fact that he is Manchester through and through. He will live in this city after he retires and he has to live with all these stories about his professionalism. It's not going to be an enjoyable time for him to be honest. He has got to understand that when the football side of things is gone for him, a lot of people won't forget it. There is something wrong. There is something wrong because he doesn't want to work hard for the club he was supposed to love. He has let down the club and his team-mates. The club needs to consider whether he should stay or not. For now, looking at the very present, I think the right punishment would be to include him in the squad for the match against Wolverhampton, let him warm up and let him sit on the bench without even considering to sub him on. That would be embarrassing to him.”

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Parker has also suggested that Rashford needs to reassess who he has working for him, with the former England international full-back adding: “I think he has to look at the people he has around him. Have they helped him? Not really. He is surrounded by the wrong people and he is not working with a proper company. He is working with his family and they are not good at helping him. He has a huge status and he should be near the top of the tree right now, but he has never been managed properly. He is one of those people who can´t think on his own, so he has to be dictated and he has been dictated in a wrong direction, really. Look at Ronaldinho and Neymar, who were managed by their family… It didn't turn out that well in the end and Rashford doesn't have the level they did so he needs better advice more than anyone.”

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Rashford posted a career-best return of 30 goals across all competitions last season, earning him a lucrative new contract, but has found the target on just four occasions this term and is in danger of losing his place with club and country.