Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney doesn’t believe the environment was to blame for Marcus Rashford being unable to perform consistently for the Red Devils.
Rashford scored 138 goals in 426 matches for United since making his debut for the club in 2016 and won five major trophies.
He scored 30 goals in all competitions in 2022-23 but has been unable to match that form since and fell out of favour, spending the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa.
Rashford is now flourishing on loan at Barcelona and he said recently in an interview he had been in an “inconsistent environment for a very long time”., external
However, speaking on the latest episode of The Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney said: “I think the environment hasn’t been right but that is down to yourself.
“If you are not playing well or you get left out of the team then I think it is easier to blame the environment and whether that is right or wrong. I think that comes from how you apply yourself.
“In games we have seen with him where we know he can do more, we know he can run more – that is nothing to do with an environment.
“I might be wrong here, I really like Marcus as a lad and as a person but I think that is an easy one to throw at people.”