Video: “Smiling assassin” finally doing what is right with superstar who has let down multiple managers in the past – report

It feels like Manchester United are going through one of their worst phases in recent memory, both on and off the pitch.

INEOS are on a cost-cutting spree in every major department, leaving fans and ex-players feeling disgruntled with the way their club is being operated.

And the first team continues to lose games, with the defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday their fifth in December.

But despite all the turmoil, the media seems to be obsessed with Marcus Rashford’s future ever since the Mancunian came out and publicly declared his intention to leave his boyhood club.

Rashford’s future up in the air

Ruben Amorim has dropped him from three matchday squads in a row and the Red Devils are finally resigned to losing him with a January loan exit on the cards as they look to increase his market value.

Journalist Andy Mitten has now claimed that Amorim is taking the right decision with the United academy graduate as the forward has been a problem for multiple managers in the past.

INEOS, despite their off-field controversies, are finally backing the coach instead of the player in a bid to end the culture of rampant player power at the club.

“I do think the manager has had a BIG say here. I think he’s doing it his way. He’s is a smiling assassin. He’s a disciplinarian,” he said on talkSPORT.

“Every previous manager has had issues with Marcus Rashford. I’ve spoken to them, I know them. They’ve told me in confidence going back years and years and years.”

Rashford’s career graph perfectly encapsulates this point. He has usually performed well for a manager in their first season before regressing back to showing his awful attitude on the pitch.

He has let multiple managers down

The 27-year-old was on fire for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when he first arrived but in his final season, the Englishman was a shadow of his former self.

Erik ten Hag faced a similar issue with Rashford his talisman in his debut season but since then, he became anonymous on the pitch.

Rashford has usually not responded well to criticism from the manager nor with a change in position on the pitch or when asked to help out with the defence.

It will be intriguing to see whether he does leave in January with United’s other forwards struggling for form and with the club looking likely to get dragged into a relegation scrap.

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