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Former Manchester United striker Teddy Sheringham has said Marcus Rashford moving to Barcelona this summer would be undeserved.
The 27-year-old forward, who spent the latter part of last season on loan at Aston Villa following a fallout with manager Ruben Amorim, has informed the club he is ready for a new challenge.
Rashford is one of five players to have made clear their desire to leave this summer, alongside Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, and Tyrell Malacia.
A product of United’s academy, Rashford has made 426 appearances for the club, scoring 138 goals. However, he has now lost his No.10 shirt to new signing Matheus Cunha and has attracted interest from La Liga giants Barcelona.
Sheringham, part of United’s treble-winning side in 1999, told Sky Bet he finds Rashford’s stance deeply disappointing.
“If you assess where Marcus Rashford is at as a professional footballer, you strive as a youngster to get to the very top and play for clubs like Manchester United, and when you’re there, you appreciate it,” he said.
“You don’t throw it away and say you want to leave.
“I find the whole episode very soul-destroying, compared to the way I was back in the day and how I strove to get the privilege to play for such a huge football club.
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“To hear someone talking the way he is talking, saying he wants out – I didn’t like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doing that at Arsenal, I thought it was soul-destroying, and I hope Rashford doesn’t get the move that he’s hankering for.
“From my perspective, if you go from Manchester United to Barcelona, that’s a step up that he hasn’t deserved.”
United finished a disappointing 15th in the Premier League last season, and Amorim is planning a squad overhaul. The club has publicly acknowledged that several players are available for transfer – a strategy Sheringham believes has weakened United’s hand in negotiations.
“It’s very easy to spend money on players, but it’s hard to recoup it,” he said. “It seems quiet, but I bet there’s lots going on behind the scenes at Manchester United. Other clubs know United’s position.
“They’ve made it known that they’re looking to sell around five players, which signals to other clubs to make them ridiculous offers.
“I would assume that’s what football clubs are doing around Europe, and Manchester United are turning them down at the moment.
“The longer that goes on, I reckon those offers might be a little less ridiculous, but United want these players off the books – they’ve made their bed and they’ve got to lie in it.
“They’ll probably take anything from a quarter to a fifth of their asking price for some of them.”
