Despite scoring three goals in two matches against Southampton and Barnsley in September, Rashford was dropped by Ten Hag for their fixture, with the Man Utd boss claiming “rotation” was the reason for his omission.
Ten Hag also substituted Rashford in last week’s 3-3 draw against Porto at half-time with the former Ajax manager citing the same reason for the England international’s withdrawal.
And now Algemeen Dagblad journalist Geert Langendorff has accused Rashford of being “one of the rotten apples” that Jose Mourinho pointed to in an interview last year.
“And anyone who saw him on Sunday against Aston Villa. He was ostentatiously applying for a red card. Fortunately, Ten Hag was able to intervene just in time and get him off.
“Mourinho never mentioned names. But he did say there were one or two more rotten apples who made the job impossible for him. Anthony Martial was one of them, who has since left. The fact that Mourinho said there is one more sitting there. That can only be one and that is Rashford.”
Mourinho told John Obi Mikel’s Obi One podcast: “There are still people in that club, and when I say people I mean some players but also some other people that are not players, that are still there when I told [United] after two months: With these people, you are never going to do it. And they are still there.”
His comments pointed at the time to Luke Shaw, Antony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay, who were the only four players still at the club, with Martial and McTominay leaving in the summer.
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