Marcus Rashford accused of quitting on Man Utd and branded a 'disgrace' by Paul Scholes as discipline problems return at Barcelona

Marcus Rashford seemed certain to spend his whole career at Manchester United and follow in the footsteps of players like Ryan Giggs only to see his dream become a nightmare in the last couple of seasons.

The biggest shock has been the speed at which the England international has fallen from grace after being United’s talisman to a player deemed as a troublemaker and one who now puts himself first rather than the club he claims to love.

A dream move to Barcelona raised a few eyebrows given his form of late and a double against Newcastle in the Champions League seemed to suggest that he was back to his best, only for the 27-year old’s discipline problems to make an untimely return.

Paul Scholes takes aim at Marcus Rashford after Barcelona axe

After his St James’ Park heroics, Rashford reported late to training for Barca’s La Liga clash with Getafe on Sunday and was subsequently dropped from the starting XI.

Hansi Flick’s decision paid off though with the forward coming off the bench to create an assist and secure his third goal contribution in less than 300 minutes since signing for the Spanish champions.

Despite starting his time at Barcelona well, one United fan who won’t be keeping tabs is Paul Scholes who continues to be far from happy with how the academy graduate’s time at Old Trafford turned sour.

"There’s no doubt the talent that kid has got, it’s ridiculous, he’s shown up in a big game, and that second goal was brilliant," he said speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast.

"I really struggled to feel happy for him, to feel pleased for him. Mainly because his attitude, his attitude at United. The time he was leaving, I thought it was just disgrace at United, not trying, basically.

“Look, if you fell out with a manager, then OK, but remember, you’ve got team-mates you’re playing with. You’ve got a massive 80,000 there, whatever it is, every single week that you have to put a bit of effort in. The amount of times I saw him at United walking because he wants to leave, I thought his whole demeanour was a disgrace. I think he actually quit on Manchester United. And once you quit once, you’ll quit again."

Is Scholes right about Rashford?

Scholes is, of course, correct. Of the five players who demanded to leave United, the transfer request of Rashford’s was the most painful to take due to his allegiances to the club and his former status as the club’s best player. If he had wanted to, he could have helped Amorim’s cause, rather than being a key reason why the Portuguese boss has struggled to replicate the sort of form that he produced at Sporting Lisbon.

Rashford has complained about a lack of a plan and lack of direction, and yet it couldn’t be clearer under Amorim, he just doesn’t like it and, obviously, hasn’t liked it since day one in terms of not being able to play in his preferred position and having to adapt to a different manager’s style of play.

As seen on countless occasions under Sir Alex Ferguson, no player is bigger than United, and certainly not one who can’t turn up to training on time.