Manchester United don dey ready to sell Marcus Rashford because him kind of life

Marcus Rashford dey fight to save him Manchester United career afta Telegraph Sport discover say di club dey open to sell am last summer and dem still dey receptive to bids wey dem go make.

United talk say dem dey concerned about Rashford’s lifestyle off di pitch and dem dey fear say e no dey as focused for him football as e suppose be.

Sources talk say e dey deal with number of off-field distractions wey dey affect him performances.

Rashford dey fined two weeks’ wages for January afta dem see am dey drink heavily on one night out for Belfast and dem drop am for di team’s FA Cup win over Newport County afta e report say e dey ill on di Friday before di game.

Under former manager Erik ten Hag, Rashford also dey left out of di starting line-up for one Boxing Day win at Wolves for 2022 for “internal disciplinary” reasons. E come off di bench to score di winner.

Rashford still get chance to turn things around under new manager Ruben Amorim and e don score three goals in five appearances under am, but time dey run out and United need to see proof of him hunger and desire to do so.

Di fact say United dey investigate potential market for di 27-year-old before di start of di season show how far him star don fall given say e sign new contract wey make am one of di club’s top earners, alongside Casemiro, for July 2023.

Rashford miss out on di England squad for Euro 2024, with di last of him 60 caps coming for March.

Saudi Arabia and PSG fit be options

Di chances of United finding buyer for January dey remote given say e dey earn around £325,000-a-week for Old Trafford and e never show any consistent form for months.

E get greater chance of am being offloaded for di summer. E get contract for di club until 2028.

Very few clubs get di resources to match him current wages.

Move to Saudi Arabia na option while change of country and environment for France with Paris St-Germain don also dey mooted.

Di sale of Rashford, even for relatively modest fee given wetin e for don once command, dey also attractive to United given their profit and sustainability concerns.

As homegrown player, any money wey dem bring in go represent pure profit under PSR, wey make am even more vulnerable.

As Telegraph Sport reveal, Amorim dey set to operate on more modest budget than Ten Hag for Manchester United and e go dey tasked with maximizing di untapped potential in di squad as di club aim to end di damaging and costly cycle of mass overhauls.

Di new United hierarchy, wey change dis week following di shock departure of Dan Ashworth, no get plans under Amorim to rip up di squad dem feel dey capable of delivering far more.

Di club dey determined to move away from culture of persistent upheaval dem believe dey financially unsustainable and destructive to coherent squad building.

With losses before tax total £312.9 million over di past three seasons, United dey under huge pressure to reduce costs, although selling Rashford go help di club reinvest.

Amorim don dey linked with Viktor Gyokeres, di prolific Sweden international wey e manage during him time for Sporting.

Any potential move for di 26-year-old go dey easier with any proceeds from selling Rashford.

“I no fit make fun of am, right now, e hard for me to leave, if I start to joke about dis Gyokeres situation I go get into trouble,” Amorim don talk previously.”

“Dis na my city Lisbon, dis na my country, so I go respect am.”

“Viktor must stay until di end of di season, and then him life fit dey go somewhere else.”

Rashford write for one article wey dem publish for di Players Tribune for February

“Listen, I no be perfect pesin. Wen I make mistake, I go be di first one to put my hand up and say I need to do beta.”

“But if you ever question my commitment to Man United, na then I go need to speak up.”

“E be like somebody dey question my entire identity and everything I stand for. I grow up here.”

“I don play for dis club since I be boy. My family turn down life-changing money wen I be kid so I fit wear dis badge.”

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