Alan Shearer sends strong message to Marcus Rashford after Man Utd omission and poor form

Alan Shearer has sent a strong message to Manchester United star Marcus Rashford amid the striker's poor form this season. Rashford enjoyed a fine campaign of last, but he has suffered from inconsistency again this term, netting just four times in 26 games across all competitions, leading to him being dropped for Sunday's FA Cup win over Newport County.

Rashford, on his day, is one of the best forwards in England, and perhaps even in Europe, but he has struggled to stay consistent throughout his career. The latest dip in form has brought plenty of criticism, for the United star, who has made little impact for Erik ten Hag's men this term despite being a regular starter.

Now 26, Rashford should be entering the best years of his career, but he appears to be going backwards, and a legendary striker in Shearer has now told him to get his ducks in line to avoid 'regrets' later in his career.

"If it’s an internal matter, you’d think something is up," Shearer told TalkSport. "There’s a huge talent in there with Marcus Rashford. We’ve seen him be disciplined last season when he was late to a meeting before a game but something is clearly wrong - either at home or in his relationship with the football club.

"He can’t keep doing this, he can’t keep wasting his talent because it’s not right. He needs strong management, someone to get hold of him and tell him there’ll be huge regrets come the end of his career if he continues doing this.

"You can’t keep doing it, it needs sorting now. Thirty goals last season, four this season. When I see him play, it looks like he’s got the world on his shoulders so it needs sorting now because he can’t really deal with it."